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The '''Clarendon Film Company''' was a British film studio founded by [[Percy Stow]] and [[Henry Vassal Lawley]].<ref name="Abel2005">{{cite book|last=Abel|first=Richard| |
The '''Clarendon Film Company''' was a British film studio founded by [[Percy Stow]] and [[Henry Vassal Lawley]].<ref name="Abel2005">{{cite book|last=Abel|first=Richard|author-link=Richard Abel (cultural historian)|title=Encyclopedia of Early Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hFxwX-dM008C&pg=PA128|year=2005|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-23440-5|page=128}}</ref><ref name="Low2013">{{cite book|last=Low|first=Rachael|author-link=Rachael Low|title=The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914-1918|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dVHaAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA94|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-136-20606-1|page=94}}</ref> |
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The studio was founded in 1904 in [[Croydon]], primarily as a movie camera equipment company, and began to make short films as a side-line. It was named |
The studio was founded in 1904 in [[Croydon]], primarily as a movie camera equipment company, and began to make short films as a side-line. It was named after its original location off Clarendon Road, and later moved to Limes Road.<ref>{{cite web |first=M. J. |last=Cruttenden |url=http://www.bromley-coppard.com/Stoatsnest/ |title=John Bromley, Station Master, and the Curious Events Surrounding His Demotion |publisher=[[Bluebell Railway]] Preservation Society |via=Bromley, Alan (2013). ''All About My Father: The Story of the Bromley and Coppard Families'' |access-date=20 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Timeline of British Film|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/timeline/index.php?y=1902&t=1&et=63&st=|website=Screenonline|publisher=BFI|access-date=18 October 2015}}</ref> Among the films made by the company was ''[[The Tempest (1908 film)|The Tempest]]'' (1908), adapted for the screen by [[Langford Reed]] |
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In 1909 it took part in the [[Paris Film Congress]], a failed attempt by leading European producers to form a cartel similar to that of the [[Motion Picture Patents Company|MPPC]] in the United States. |
In 1909 it took part in the [[Paris Film Congress]], a failed attempt by leading European producers to form a cartel similar to that of the [[Motion Picture Patents Company|MPPC]] in the United States.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}} |
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== Further reading == |
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* {{cite book|last1=Burton|first1=Alan|author-link1=Alan Burton (historian)|last2=Chibnall|first2=Steve|title=Historical Dictionary of British Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q8SRjwJqwukC&pg=PR18|date=11 July 2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-8026-9}} |
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Latest revision as of 15:37, 27 September 2023
The Clarendon Film Company was a British film studio founded by Percy Stow and Henry Vassal Lawley.[1][2]
The studio was founded in 1904 in Croydon, primarily as a movie camera equipment company, and began to make short films as a side-line. It was named after its original location off Clarendon Road, and later moved to Limes Road.[3][4] Among the films made by the company was The Tempest (1908), adapted for the screen by Langford Reed
In 1909 it took part in the Paris Film Congress, a failed attempt by leading European producers to form a cartel similar to that of the MPPC in the United States.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ Abel, Richard (2005). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. Taylor & Francis. p. 128. ISBN 978-0-415-23440-5.
- ^ Low, Rachael (13 September 2013). The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914-1918. Routledge. p. 94. ISBN 978-1-136-20606-1.
- ^ Cruttenden, M. J. "John Bromley, Station Master, and the Curious Events Surrounding His Demotion". Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. Retrieved 20 November 2016 – via Bromley, Alan (2013). All About My Father: The Story of the Bromley and Coppard Families.
- ^ "Timeline of British Film". Screenonline. BFI. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
Further reading
[edit]- Burton, Alan; Chibnall, Steve (11 July 2013). Historical Dictionary of British Cinema. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-8026-9.
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