https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Rand_Film_Productions&feed=atom&action=historyRand Film Productions - Revision history2024-03-29T06:08:47ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.33.2https://esat.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=Rand_Film_Productions&diff=205720&oldid=prevFogterop at 09:59, 21 May 20212021-05-21T09:59:38Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rand Film Productions was a short-lived production company that was incorporated in November 1961. Its first film was the mining drama Tremor (1961), which was written by Alastair Scobie, directed by Denis Scully and starred Canadian actor Robert Beatty. Subsequently a co-production contract was signed with London’s Avon Films to produce the science fiction thriller Hands of Space, scripted by Monte Doyle, again directed by Scully and featuring Gordon Mulholland and Valerie Phillip, but there is no record of it ever having been released. In spite of that the company announced an ambitious film programme for the future, starting with Kalahari, which was to star Wynona Cheyney and bodybuilder Roy Hilligenn. In his autobiography Boy from Bethulie actor Patrick Mynhardt describes why the location shoot was a disaster. There was also a plan to film James Ambrose <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Brown’s </del>play Seven against the Sun, but that was made a few years later by David Millin. For a film called The Lonely Hours, scripted by Peter Prowse, they hoped to attract British actress Shirley Anne Field, but this didn’t work out either. However, they were the South African support company for the Richard Todd-starrer Death Drums along the River (1963).</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Rand Film Productions was a short-lived production company that was incorporated in November 1961. Its first film was the mining drama <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Tremor<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]'' </ins>(1961), which was written by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Alastair Scobie<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, directed by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Denis Scully<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and starred Canadian actor <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Robert Beatty<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. Subsequently a co-production contract was signed with London’s Avon Films to produce the science fiction thriller <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Hands of Space<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>, scripted by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Monte Doyle<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, again directed by Scully and featuring <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Gordon Mulholland<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Valerie Phillip<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, but there is no record of it ever having been released. In spite of that the company announced an ambitious film programme for the future, starting with <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Kalahari<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, which was to star <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Wynona Cheyney<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>and bodybuilder Roy Hilligenn. In his autobiography <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Boy from Bethulie<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>actor <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Patrick Mynhardt<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]] </ins>describes why the location shoot was a disaster. There was also a plan to film <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>James Ambrose <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Brown]]’s </ins>play <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''[[</ins>Seven against the Sun<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]''</ins>, but that was made a few years later by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>David Millin<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>. For a film called <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>The Lonely Hours<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>, scripted by <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[[</ins>Peter Prowse<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">]]</ins>, they hoped to attract British actress Shirley Anne Field, but this didn’t work out either. However, they were the South African support company for the Richard Todd-starrer <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">''</ins>Death Drums along the River<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'' </ins>(1963).</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The company was placed in provisional liquidation in April 1964 when it had liabilities amounting to R40,000 and no money to pay its creditors. At the time its main asset was said to be a film called Journey into Nowhere, directed by Denis Scully and starring British actor Tony Wright and German actors Sonja Ziemann and Helmut Schmidt. The only shareholders in Rand Film Productions were Scully and attorney James Kantor, while its managing director was Italian-born Ernest Bisogno, who may also have been responsible for bringing in Italian cameraman Emilio Varriano. It could not have been helpful that at the time Kantor had other things on his mind. He was one of the defence lawyers in the Rivonia Trial and his brother-in-law and legal partner, Harold Wolpe, was one of the accused. When Wolpe managed to escape, Kantor was arrested and charged with the same crimes as Nelson Mandela and the others, though the judge eventually discharged him and stated that he had no case to answer.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td style="color: #222; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr>
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Rand Film Productions was a short-lived production company that was incorporated in November 1961. Its first film was the mining drama Tremor (1961), which was written by Alastair Scobie, directed by Denis Scully and starred Canadian actor Robert Beatty. Subsequently a co-production contract was signed with London’s Avon Films to produce the science fiction thriller Hands of Space, scripted by Monte Doyle, again directed by Scully and featuring Gordon Mulholland and Valerie Phillip, but there is no record of it ever having been released. In spite of that the company announced an ambitious film programme for the future, starting with Kalahari, which was to star Wynona Cheyney and bodybuilder Roy Hilligenn. In his autobiography Boy from Bethulie actor Patrick Mynhardt describes why the location shoot was a disaster. There was also a plan to film James Ambrose Brown’s play Seven against the Sun, but that was made a few years later by David Millin. For a film called The Lonely Hours, scripted by Peter Prowse, they hoped to attract British actress Shirley Anne Field, but this didn’t work out either. However, they were the South African support company for the Richard Todd-starrer Death Drums along the River (1963).<br />
The company was placed in provisional liquidation in April 1964 when it had liabilities amounting to R40,000 and no money to pay its creditors. At the time its main asset was said to be a film called Journey into Nowhere, directed by Denis Scully and starring British actor Tony Wright and German actors Sonja Ziemann and Helmut Schmidt. The only shareholders in Rand Film Productions were Scully and attorney James Kantor, while its managing director was Italian-born Ernest Bisogno, who may also have been responsible for bringing in Italian cameraman Emilio Varriano. It could not have been helpful that at the time Kantor had other things on his mind. He was one of the defence lawyers in the Rivonia Trial and his brother-in-law and legal partner, Harold Wolpe, was one of the accused. When Wolpe managed to escape, Kantor was arrested and charged with the same crimes as Nelson Mandela and the others, though the judge eventually discharged him and stated that he had no case to answer.</div>Fogterop