Gaston Mervale




Gaston Mervale (1882–1934) was an Australian director and actor who worked extensively on stage and in films. He directed several films for the Australian Life Biograph Company. After this wound up he went to New York and worked as an actor for several years. He returned to Australia in 1917 to produce plays.[1][2]



Partial filmography as director




  • One Hundred Years Ago (1911)


  • A Ticket in Tatts (1911)


  • The Colleen Bawn (1911)


  • A Tale of the Australian Bush (1911)


  • Hands Across the Sea (1912)


  • A Daughter of Australia (1912)


  • Conn, the Shaughraun (1912)


  • The Wreck of the Dunbar or The Yeoman's Wedding (1912)


  • The Ticket of Leave Man (1912)


  • The Stubbornness of Geraldine (1915)



References





  1. ^ "GASTON MERVALE'S RECORD". The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 26 February 1917. p. 16. Retrieved 26 October 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "RADIO ROUNDABOUT". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 4 February 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 26 October 2014.



  • Veronica Kelly, "Australia's Svengali: Gaston Mervale in Theatre and Film", Australasian Drama Studies, 58, Apr 2011, 107-125


External links




  • Gaston Mervale on IMDb


  • Gaston Mervale at National Film and Sound Archive


  • Gaston Mervale Australian theatre credits at AusStage


  • Gaston Mervale at the Internet Broadway Database




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