Interview with George Tarr

George Tarr describes his first interest in film in Australia in 1893, work as a projectionist in Australia, the Lumiere Machine, other projection machines, anecdote about the first picture show in Broken Hill Australia, his birth and early life as a vaudeville artist, anecdote about early slide shows in Australia, the film 'Just as the sun went down' with Frank Davenport, the original film about Hinemoa, 'The Trawling Industry and Charlie Newham, the idea for Hinemoa, the finance, making the film, the costs, the results, Sarah Tawhai, Barry Martell and 'Kid from Timaru', 'Ten Thousand miles to cannibal land', the making of the film, the advertising, release, running a show with P R Dicks in 1904, making money from the early films.

Recalls Henry Hayward, problems with sound, RCA, De Forrest sound.

Venue - Auckland

Interviewer(s) - Ray Hayes

Interviewer(s) - Rudall Hayward

Venue - At George Tarr's home at Prospect Terrace, Milford, Auckland

Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-005321

Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 transcript(s). 1 Hours Duration.

Finding Aids: Abstract Available - transcript(s) available AB 1004.

Search dates: 1881 - 1964

Original recordings not available for playback. Surrogate copies will be provided.

Alternative form available: Listening copy OHLC-001329