Lacey Percival
Appearance
Lacey Percival | |
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![]() Portrait of Lacey Percival (published in 1923). | |
Born | Edgar Charles Lacey Percival 11 February 1885 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia. |
Died | 7 August 1968 Manly, New South Wales, Australia. | (aged 83)
Occupation | cinematographer |
Spouse | Catherine Blanche Morris |
Parent | Andrew Percival & Bertha Adelaide (née Theakston) |
Lacey Percival (11 February 1885 - 7 August 1968) was an Australian cinematographer who worked on many early Australian silent films. He worked for the Australian Photo-Play Company then joined West's Pictures. When that company merged with Australasian Films he ran their weekly newsreel, Australasian Gazette until 1925.[1]
Two years later he went to work for Automatic Film Laboratories, then in 1935 established Percival Film Laboratories which he ran until his retirement in 1948.[2][3]
Filmography
[edit]- The Golden West (1911)
- The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1916)
- £500 Reward (1918)
- His Convict Bride (1918)
- Cupid Camouflaged (1918)
- The Face at the Window (1919)
- Desert Gold (1919)
- The Man from Snowy River (1920)
- Robbery Under Arms (1920)
- Possum Paddock (1921)
- The Betrayer (1921)
- The Dinkum Bloke (1923)
- The Dingo (1923)
- Prehistoric Hayseeds (1923)
- The Digger Earl (1924)
- Dope (1924)
- Joe (1924)
- Painted Daughters (1925)
- Around the Boree Log (1925)
- The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1925)
- The Adventures of Algy (1925)
- The Sealed Room (1926)
- Tall Timber (1926)
- Down Under (1927)
- The Birth of White Australia (1928)
- The Kingdom of Twilight (1929)
- Among the Hardwoods (1936)
References
[edit]- ^ "C. Lacey Percival Resigns from A.F. Ltd.", Everyones., 5 (311 (17 February 1926)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-574672185, retrieved 25 February 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 16
- ^ The Versatile Cameraman, Everyones (Sydney), Vol. 3 No. 158 (14 March 1923), page 3.
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