| Edition |
1st edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Biography
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Biography (Television program)
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Cover; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Author's Note; Part I: Frank the Father; Chapter 1: This Man's Father; Chapter 2: The Great Dexter; Chapter 3: The Operator; Chapter 4: The General Manager; Chapter 5: The Speculator; Chapter 6: The Impresario; Chapter 7: The Legacy; Photographs; Part II: Frank the Son; Chapter 8: The Succession; Chapter 9: He That Plays the Thring; Chapter 10: These Foolish Thrings; Chapter 11: Return of the Prodigal; Chapter 12: Frankly Thring; Chapter 13: A Thring of Shreds and Patches; Epilogue: My Father's Son; Appendix; Index |
| Summary |
**WINNER of the National Biography Award 2013 (Australia)** They shared a name and their physical resemblance was startling. And, both Frank Thrings were huge figures in the landscape of 20th-century Australian theatre and film. But, in many ways, they could hardly have been more different. Frank Thring the father (1882-1936) began his career as a sideshow conjuror, and he wheeled, dealed, and occasionally married his way into becoming the legendary ""F.T."" - an impresario, speculator, and owner of Efftee Films, Australia's first 'talkies' studio. He built for himself an image of grand patria. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Thring, Francis William, 1882-1936.
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Thring, Frank, 1926-1994.
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Thring, Frank, 1926-1994. |
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Actors -- Australia -- Biography.
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Actors. |
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Australia. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Motion picture producers and directors -- Australia -- Biography.
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Motion picture producers and directors. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fitzpatrick, Peter The Two Frank Thrings Portland : Monash University Publishing,c2012 9781921867248 |
| ISBN |
9781921867255 electronic book |
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1921867256 electronic book |
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9781921867248 |
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