Clarendon Film Company Explained
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.
Further reading
Notes and References
- Book: Abel, Richard. Richard Abel (cultural historian). Encyclopedia of Early Cinema. 2005. Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-23440-5. 128.
- Book: Low, Rachael. Rachael Low. The History of British Film (Volume 3): The History of the British Film 1914-1918. 13 September 2013. Routledge. 978-1-136-20606-1. 94.
- Web site: M. J. . Cruttenden . John Bromley, Station Master, and the Curious Events Surrounding His Demotion . Bluebell Railway Preservation Society . Bromley, Alan (2013). All About My Father: The Story of the Bromley and Coppard Families . 20 November 2016 .
- Web site: Timeline of British Film. Screenonline. BFI. 18 October 2015.
