Kooringarama Films Club

Year Founded:

1927

Location:

Melbourne, Australia

Film Formats:

16mm

Resources:

"WE are indebted to Charles W. Donne, distributor of Movie Makers in Melbourne, Australia, for this interesting account of the production of the Kooringarama Films Club. "Formed during October, 1927, in Eltham, Australia, under the leadership of E. C. Lyall, the Kooringarama Films Club announced as its object the production of unusual amateur photoplays. The first production, 'Borrowed Plumes,' was the first 16 mm. photoplay to be screened in Victoria. It runs three thousand feet with both interior and exterior scenes. The scenario, written by Donald H. Mather, who also directed the picture, is based on a story of intrigue and impersonation. E. C. Lyall was cameraman and film editor, and N. C. D'Arcy wrote and photographed the titles." (Gale 518)

References:

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 3, no. 8 (1928): 518:519, 547:551.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Amateur Movie Makers 3, no. 2 (1928): 100:101, 124.

Gale, Arthur L. "Amateur Clubs," Movie Makers 4, no. 7 (1929): 446:447, 471:474.