Cinesound Productions Pty Ltd was an Australian feature film
production company, established in June 1931, Cinesound developed out
of a group of companies centred on Greater Union Theatres, that
covered all facets of the film process, from production, to
distribution and exhibition.Cinesound Productions established a film
studio as a subsidiary of Greater Union Theatres Pty Ltd based on the
Hollywood model. The first production was On Our Selection (1932),
which was an enormous financial success.Stuart F. Doyle and Ken G.
Hall were the major figures involved in the establishment of Cinesound
in 1931. Stuart Doyle was the Managing Director of Greater Union
Theatres, which stemmed from Australasian Films, and it was his desire
to encourage an Australian film industry that provided the impetus for
Cinesound to develop. Doyle appointed his then personal assistant, Ken
Hall, to the position of General Manager of Cinesound, and also put
him in charge as supervisor of production. In this role, Ken Hall
directed all but one of the seventeen films that Cinesound produced
and also handled the business affairs of the company. Hall continued
to lead Cinesound until 1956.By 1934, Cinesound had three film studios
in Australia, the original location at Bondi Junction and Rushcutters
Bay in New South Wales and St. Kilda, Victoria. The Centennial Roller
Skating Rink was purchased by Australasian Films/Union Theatres at 65
Ebley Street Bondi Junction in 1925 and began making silent films. The
income from the rink was still required to subsidise the film making
so the site was used by skaters at night and for filmmaking at night.
The Bondi Junction location was known as Studio no. 1 with an
additional two studios located in Rushcutters Bay and St. Kilda. Cinesound Productions Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter