African Film Productions Ltd

African Film Productions Ltd was a film production studio, located in the Johannesburg suburb of Killarney.

History

Africa's first motion picture studio formed by I.W. Schlesinger in 1915. It produced newsreels, short subjects and feature films in the Afrikaans language. Much of the filming took place at the Killarney Film Studios built by Schlesinger on land he purchased outside of Johannesbsurg, naming it 'Killarney'.

It was bought out by 20th Century Fox in 1959 and renamed South African Screen Productions.

For more information, see 20th Century Fox and South African Screen Productions.

Films

1916: De Voortrekkers

1916: A Krakt Affair

1916: Gloria

1916: A Zulu's Devotion

1916: The Splendid Waster

1916: A Story of the Rand

1916: The Silver Wolf

1916: The Illicit Liquor Seller

1916: The Artist's Dream

1916: A Tragedy of the Veld

1916: £20,000

1916: The Water Cure

1917: Zulutown Races

1917: Zulutown: The Skating Rink

1917: And then...

1917: Sonny's Little Bit

1917: The Major's Dilemma

1917: The Picannin's Christmas

1917: A Border Scourge

1918: The Symbol of Sacrifice

1918: Bond and Word

1918: The Bridge

1918: The Voice of the Waters

1919: Allan Quartermain

1919: Fallen Leaves

1919: Copper Mask

1919: The Stolen Favourite

1919: With Edged Tools

1920: The Man Who Was Afraid

1920: Virtue in the City

1920: Isban: Or the Mystery of the Great Zimbabwe

1920: Prester John

1921: The Madcap of the Veld

1922: Swallow

1922: The Vulture's Prey

1922: Sam's Kid

1923: The Blue Lagoon

1923: The Reef of Stars

1931: Sarie Marais

1931: Moedertjie

1937: The Consoling Weed

1938: Die Bou van 'n Nasie

1943: Servant of a Nation

1946: Geboortegrond

1948: Die Kaskenades van Doktor Kwak

1948: Pondo Story

1949: Kom saam vanaand!

1949: Arches of Faith

1950: Zonk!

1950: Hier's Ons Weer!

1951: Where No Vultures Fly

1951: Alles sal Regkom!

1952: South African Calvacade

1952: Song of Africa

1954: 'n Taal se opkoms: Afrikaans triomfeer

1956: Fishermen of Skeleton Coast

1956: Natal

1956: South African Mosaic

1956: Farbige Liebelei

1957: Annete: A Story of Achievement

1958: The Wild are Free

1958: They Came to Stay

1959: Nooi van my Hart

Sources

https://sahistory.org.za/article/history-south-african-film-industry-timeline-1895-2003

https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0000070

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