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Still from The Blue Lagoon (1923)

Africa Film Productions a silent film era film production company in South Africa. A studio for its productions was built outside Johannesburg.[1]

Edgar Hyman filmed actualities in South Africa. Isidore W. Schlesinger established Africa Film Productions in 1916.[2] He employed directors Harold M. Shaw, Lorimer Johnston, Marmaduke Arundel Wetherell, and Dirk Cruikshanks.[3]

The studio's production included nationalistic epics and comedies.[4] "African Mirror" newsreels.

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???Sarie Marais (1931)???

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  1. ^ a b c d Tomaselli, Keyan (March 3, 2007). Encountering modernity. Rozenberg Publishers. ISBN 978-90-5170-886-8 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Hall, Lucinda M. "Research Guides: Film Studies: National Cinemas: South Africa". researchguides.dartmouth.edu.
  3. ^ "Black and White Bioscope: Making Movies in Africa 1899-1925 - ProQuest". www.proquest.com.
  4. ^ Parsons, Neil (March 3, 2016). "Make faces, Zulu! Make faces, Zulu!: silent comedy and ethnic stereotyping in early South African movies, 1916-1921". Journal of African Cinemas. 8 (2): 133–154. doi:10.1386/jac.8.2.133_1 – via www.africabib.org.
  5. ^ "Voortrekkers (1916)". Africa in Motion.
  6. ^ "This page no longer exists". BFI.
  7. ^ Parsons, Neil (September 3, 2013). "Nation-Building Movies Made in South Africa (1916–18): I.W. Schlesinger, Harold Shaw, and the Lingering Ambiguities of South African Union". Journal of Southern African Studies. 39 (3): 641–659. doi:10.1080/03057070.2013.827003 – via CrossRef.

Africa Film Production ca. 1950s film production company. Theater chain?

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