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. He went into producing with Stanley Crick and ran the camera department for the Australian Photo-Play Company.[1] He was seriously injured in a film fire and became a travelling exhibitor.[2]

He supported the existence of a film quota in Australia.[3][4]

  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. ^ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 15 September 1927. p. 14. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  4. ^ "QUOTA FAVORED". The Sun. No. 5259. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1927. p. 14 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 2 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.