Gaston Mervale
Gaston Mervale(1866–1959) was an English-born director and actor who worked on the English, Australian and US stage and directed Australian films. Born Gaston Mistowski in Torquay, Devon, England in 1866, after performing on stage in the UK he came to Australia in late 1897 to work for J.C. Williamson's. After returning to England he then appeared on stage for several years in New York. He returned to Australia in 1904 with theTittell BruneCompany. Early in 1911 he was employed to direct several films for theAustralian Life Biograph Company,which featured actorsLouise LovelyandGodfrey Cass.[1]He worked in the US for the five years 1912-1917, on stage, acted in several films and was director ofThe Stubbornness of Geraldinein 1915.[2]He returned to Australia in 1917 to produce plays.[3][4]He died in Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia in 1959.[5]
Partial filmography as director
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^Veronica Kelly (2011) P113-118
- ^Veronica Kelly (2011) P118-120
- ^"GASTON MERVALE'S RECORD".The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial.Sydney: National Library of Australia. 26 February 1917. p. 16.Retrieved26 October2014.
- ^"RADIO ROUNDABOUT".The News.Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 4 February 1950. p. 5.Retrieved26 October2014.
- ^Victoria, Births Deaths & Marriages, Gaston Mervale Death Certificate, 15125/1959
- Veronica Kelly, "Australia's Svengali: Gaston Mervale in Theatre and Film",Australasian Drama Studies,58, Apr 2011, 107-125