Herbert Finlay
Herbert Finlay was an Australian producer, photographer and exhibitor. He initially worked in films as a photographer and exhibitor of news items in Melbourne in the late 1890s. He helped tour The Story of the Kelly Gang (1907) and joined Pathe in 1910 to produce the Sydney edition of their newsreel.
Herbert Finlay
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- Australia
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- photographer
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- English
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Herbert Finlay was an Australian producer, photographer and exhibitor. He initially worked in films as a photographer and exhibitor of news items in Melbourne in the late 1890s. He helped tour The Story of the Kelly Gang (1907) and joined Pathe in 1910 to produce the Sydney edition of their newsreel.
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He went into producing with Stanley Crick and ran the camera department for the Australian Photo-Play Company. He was seriously injured in a film fire and became a travelling exhibitor. He supported the existence of a film quota in Australia.
• Ben Hall and his Gang (1911) – producer, DOP • Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911) – producer • The Assigned Servant (1911) – producer • Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911) – producer • The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1912) – producer • Trooper O'Brien (1928) – producer
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- 1.Herbert Finlay at National Film and Sound Archive
- 2.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 13
- 3.National Library of Australia. AUSTRALIAN FILMS. The Evening News. 14. 15 September 1927.
- 4.QUOTA FAVORED. The Sun. 5259. 14 (FINAL EXTRA). 15 September 1927.
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