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Everyones

Call Number
Nq 791.405 EVE
Created/Published
Sydney : Everyones Ltd., 1920-1937
Issue
Vol.3 No.158 (14 March 1923)
Images
38
Notes
Pages 1&2 (front cover) missing. Loss of text occurs in gutter due to tight binding. In some issues blank pages have been inserted to maintain the correct left / right pagination.
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Pages 1&2 (front cover) missing. Loss of text occurs in gutter due to tight binding. In some issues blank pages have been inserted to maintain the correct left / right pagination.
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Contents

Advertising 1
EVERYONES 1
The Versatile Cameraman. 1
Advertising 1
“EVERYONES” 2
Weekly Chat to Showmen. 2
Advertising 2
Have Your Say. 2
A Hint to Showmen. 2
Directors in Conclave. 2
Popularity Films Ltd. 2
With the Exhibitors. 3
Tasmania. Hobart. March 3, 1923. 4
Bryson in New York. 4
West Australia. March 3rd. 4
Still Record Breaking. 4
Made in Aussie. 4
Instructions to Operators. 4
Picture Showmen Protest. 4
Advertising 5 , 6 , 7
Victoria. 8
Can Exploitation Be Done I Australia? 8
Additions to Sydney Studio. 8
Advertising 9
Queensland. 10
South Australia. For Week Ending 9th March. 10
Big Universal Film for Hoyt 10
Publicity Men and Ideas. 11
Personalities. 11
Advertising 11 , 12 , 13 , 14
Who's Who in the Movies 14
“The Duck Egg” 14
Advertising 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19
Sydney's Recent Film Releases 20
Advertising 20 , 21
New Film Regulations. 21
Victorian Film Cricketers Arrive 21
Advertising 21 , 22
PUTTING THE PICTURE OVER 23
Advertising 23 , 25 , 26
Big “U” Conference. 26
Mae Marsh Comes Bach 26
After Eighteen Years. 26
Exhibitor Desires Chang. 26
Harry G. Musgrove Retur[?] 26
Advertising 27
Charity Matinee at King’s Cross. 28
Screening Australia. 28
To Our Subscribers. 28
B.A.P.’s New Film. 28
Paramount Sales Force. 28
Booking “The Glorious Adventure." 28
Foreign Films Taboo. 28
Australian Cinematographers. 28
Selznick Super for Melbourne. 28
Pathe Films for Adelaide. 28
Operators' Picnic. 28
Banquet On Stage. 28
Advertising 29
Selected Super Films. 30
The Late Wallace Reid. 30
The Movies in India. 30
Doing It Right. 30
Abroad. 31
Comedy, Drama and Panto. 31
Vaudeville Jottings. 31 , 32
Advertising 31 , 32
Sydney Shows. 32
Birth. 32
Marriage 32
Deaths. 32
In Memoriam. 32
[?]osed Open-Air Theatre for Vaucluse. 33
vante, the Miracle Man. 33
Buckler Acquitted. 33
Musical Comedy Tour of Queensland. 33
Touring Rights for Mystery Drama. 33
Stage Clothes. 33
Perth. March 3rd. 33
Keeping Premises Clean. 33
Personalities. 33
Advertising 34
Melbourne. 34
Funeral of Mrs. Carney 34
Adelaide. For Meek Ending March 9. 35
Brisbane. Week Ending March 9. 35
New Zealand. March 1, 1923. 35
Advertising 35 , 36
Circus and Carnival. 36
Coming N.S.W. Shows. 36
Advertising 36
Letter Rack. 36
Advertising 36 , 37 , 38

Text

EVERYONES  

WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED  

AUSTRALIAN VARIETY AND SHOW WORLD  

The Versatile Cameraman.  

MR. LACEY PERCIVAL.  

not going to say that saw  

first motion picture shown  

Btralia, nor am  

at photographed the first  

’er made in this country, be-  

nearly every person you  

aw tlie first picture and most  

ie cameramen in Australia  

rrapbed or were associated  

\ie first Australian film.”  

Mr. Lacey Percival, studio  

er and chief cameraman  

stralasian Films, commenced  

jry of his career as it affects  

otion picture industry. Mr.  

al is- no Johnny-Come-Late-  

he business, despite his mod-  

sertion that he was not the  

>r. If he did not help in  

the way for better pic-  

in this country both from  

Dint of view of making and  

tion, then no one did. His  

is essentially one of battling  

jt great difficulties, but, as  

ver so with men who do not  

when they are beaten, the  

of his narrative is an  

wledgment of victory over all  

ictions.  

Percival himself tells his  

iStory in manner that is at  

interesting and instructive,  

was born in Sydney, ,md am  

fore thorough Australian.  

of very indifferent health as  

Id was sent, in the words  

rough sailors of those days,  

>e killed or cured” on an  

-going boat. This was when  

14, and after two years upon  

vater came back to my  

land thoroughly built up.  

>aving the ship my father ap-  

iced me to the Acme Photo-  

lie Studios, Enmore. This  

18 99, 23 years ago, and the  

lions of work and wages then  

vastly different to those in  

jnce to-day. My dad paid  

ium of £2O, and had to work  

first six months for 2/6 per  

but in my third year got  

ary of £5 week as operator  

retoucher. After about eight  

in various studios in the city  

country, motion pictures loom-  

the horizon. am not go-  

;o claim priority in the mak-  

of pictures, but anj'way de-  

inod to try my hand. But at  

time there was not much do-  

on the photographic side of  

susiness, and took job at  

salary with the late Clement  

on at the old Queen’s Hall, and  

ess than six months had  

led enough to enable me to  

position as operator at an  

i-air show called the Stanmore  

ures. left this to go out and  

“fortune” in the “smalls”  

limelight outfit. Over that  

of my life will draw the veil  

iblivion. The fact that have  

er liked country people since is  

[uent testimony of how my  

was received. The “fortune”  

the country is as yet unmade.  

[y next shop was the Klalto  

Lures, ow’s Nest, where took  

3b as operator and later on be-  

le the manager of the show,  

vas whilst in this position got  

first chance to make picture,  

few of the local picture people  

re got together and small syn-  

ate formed. Associated with  

on the working side of the  

brother to the late Florence  

Young, and Jack Wainwright. Six  

photoplays were produced included  

in which were “The Octoroon,  

“Black Talbot,” “The Diamond  

Cross,” and ‘The Golden West.”  

When these had been released Mr.  

Stan. Crick, now the head of Fox  

Film Coroporation, offered me  

three years contract with the Aus-  

tralian Photoplay Company as  

cameraman, which accepted. Un-  

fortunately things did not pan out  

well, and the engagement only  

lasted 12 months. Just at this  

time Frank Barett was making the  

New South Wales portion of the  

Pathe Animated Gazette for West’s  

and Spencer’s, and aspiring to  

greater things he formed an or-  

ganisation named Frazer Film  

Exchange. On hearing what he  

intended to do made bee line  

for West’s office and saw Mr.  

Harry Musgrove. got the posi-  

tion. That was just 12 years ago.  

“To give an idea of how the  

thing grew might mention that  

when took it over only three  

copies were being released in New  

South Wales, and six for all the  

other States, while the length of  

each was from 200 ft. to 400 ft.  

“In six months the Sydney re-  

lease grew to seven copies, mak-  

ing total for the whole of Aus-  

tralia, and the average length of  

each was 60 feet. So you see  

lost no time in putting punch in-  

to the ‘Australasian Gazette.  

“I very soon found the strain  

too great? andmpon receiving _per-  

mission to get an assistant se-  

lected bright young fellow who  

has since grown to manhood, and  

is now one of the chief camera-  

men for the ‘Gazette.’  

“To-day we are in the proud  

position of being able to say that  

our studios are the most modern  

and efficiently equipped South ot  

the line. Most of the photoplays  

that are worth while are made  

here, and we have spent great  

deal of money in bringing the  

place up-to-date. We have studied  

the best American producers in  

the way of material and our  

equipment includes the latest  

camera, printing machines, etc.  

We have staff of ten permanent-  

ly employed, each person being an  

expert in their own particular line  

of work. We are just now extend-  

ing the studio floor space so that  

in future we will be able to accom-  

modate two companies working at  

the same time.”  

Asked about some of the pic-  

tures that he had photographed,  

Mr. Percival graciously supplied  

list: “The Martyrdom of Nurse  

Cavell,” directed by the late Post  

Mason; “A Hero of the Dardan-  

elles,” directed by Alfred Rolfe;  

“Face at the Window,” directed by  

Charles Villiers: “The Betrayer,”  

directed by Beaumont Smith;  

“Robbery Under Arms,” directed  

by Kenneth Brampton; and “The  

Dinkum Bloke,” directed by Ray-  

mond Longford. have never  

photographed any great stunts, al-  

though once tried to get head-  

on charge of 600 light horsemen  

with fixed bayonets. remember  

turning the handle until the first  

horse hit me, then there was  

big fade-out that lasted for some  

time.  

On another occasion had the  

unenviable job of photographing  

the human heart in action for Dr.  

Nash at the Lidcome State Hos-  

pital. Of course, aeoplane stunts,  

climbing tall buildings, riding in  

front of railroad engines, etc., are  

all parts of cameraman’s life,  

and therefore pass without men-  

tion.  

also had the honour of devel-  

oping the positive prints and  

supervising the colouring for  

Captain Hurley’s great picture,  

“Pearls and Savages.” This is un-  

doubtedly great film, and cred-  

it to the man that made it.  

No, we are not photographing  

picture just at present, but very  

shortly w’e will be busy on one,  

and in the meantime we have  

enough of the ordinary routine  

work to keep us busy. believe  

that there is big future for Aus-  

tralia in the matter of motion pic-  

tures, and we all hope one day to  

see regular supply of films of all  

subjects being released through-  

out the length and breadth of this  

country.”  

OVERSEAS ADVERTISERS  

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"ETeryones,”  

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Sydney, N.S.W.  

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“Everyones,”  

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Send 13s. cheque or postal  

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week for another year.  

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PROMPTNESS IS ONE OF  

THE GREATEST VIRTUES  

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