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AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER
May, 1926
Len H. Roos to Illake Australian Features
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A. S. C. Member Returns to Antipodes on Pioneer Program of Film Production
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Roos is "coming back."
Len H. Roos, A. S. C, has been in Los Angeles and Hollywood for several days conducting preparations for an extensive motion picture production program in Australia where he and Norman Dawn, director, will be the active heads of a producing organization which will make feature photoplays, designed both for the market in America and in the Antipodes.
Roos came to Hollywood by automobile from Denver where he has been chief cinematographer and director for the Alexander Film Corp. He will proceed from Los Angeles to Vancouver, whence he and his company will sail early in May on the R. M. S. "Aorangi" for Sydney.
Australian Support
Roos' forthcoming trip is the outgrowth of his extensive sojourn in Australia last year for Fox Varieties. He found an intense interest in potential film production on the other side of the equator with the result that
the production program, which he has just brought about, will be supported heavily by Australian capital.
To date, it is said that no Australian production has ever reached the American screen. The pictures which the Roos organization will make are planned to fill this void, with the subject matter being laid not only in Australia but in the South Seas generally.
The A. S. C. member will be chief cinematographer on the features. Dawn, who is well known as a director in Hollywood, will be the director. The matter of cast and stories will be decided on in Australia. It is quite likely that prominent American names may be numbered among the players.
Faxon Dean, A. S. C, is back in Hollywood after a desert location trip to execute panchromatic scenes for the Metro-GoldwynMaver studios.