Painted Daughters (1925)

Interesting facts

• Based on: Florodora
• Filmed in: Rushcutters Bay

Painted Daughters is a 1925 Australian silent film directed F. Stuart-Whyte. Only part of it survives today.

Production

The movie was the first in a series of films produced by Australasian Films and released through Union Pictures under the banner of "Master Pictures". It was part of an attempt by Australasian Films and Union Theatres, led by Stuart F. Doyle, to make world-class films for the international market. He ended up spending over £100,000 on developing a new studio at Bondi and making a series of features from 1925 to 1928.

F. Stuart-Whyte, a Scotsman who worked in Hollywood for fifteen years, including as assistant on Douglas Fairbanks Films, was hired. He arrived in Sydney in November 1924 to commence pre-production.

The movie was shot in a studio at Rushcutters Bay in Sydney with former Hollywood star Louise Lovely assisting with screen testing. The majority of cast and crew were Australian, but the cast included British music hall star Peggy Pryde, who was then living in Australia. Zara Fielding had been in Hollywood for four years.

During production, a portion of the movie worth £600 was stolen from the production office at the studuo at Rushcutter's Bay. Other accounts said 2,000 feet of footage. The thief was revealed to be a small boy and the footage was returned.

Filming took place through March and April 1925.

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