On 4 January 1913 it then merged with The Greater J.D.
On the three joined to form The General Film Company of Australasia. This creative and fertile period in Australian film history was largely created by competition between West's Pictures, Spencer's Pictures and Amalgamated Pictures. The Event Cinemas cinema chain has had a great impact on the Australian culture and film industry, and has a history of mergers and acquisitions and liquidations that span over a century.įrom 1906 to 1911, during the silent era, Australia was the most prolific producer of feature films in the world, a period which included the creation of the first feature-length film The Kelly Gang.
