Biography of 'RUSSELL, Stanley Livingstone'

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Film-maker and producer

Born: August 1905, Glasgow
Died: 1964, Glasgow

Russell, a lawyer by profession, was one of a group of cine enthusiasts who set up the Meteor (‘Shooting Star’) Film Producing Society in 1932, organising in 1933 an Open Competition, the first Scottish Amateur Film Festival. Russell joined Malcolm Irvine’s company Scottish Film Productions in 1936. The company, established in 1928, had started out to make silent films, but the advent of ‘talkies’ forced it to readapt technically. However, as they did so the production of films came to a halt. Russell’s instatement was designed to remedy this and with his input the company attracted an array of clients, from the Clyde Navigation Trust to the Ministry of Information.

For a brief period in the early 1940’s Russell set up on his own with Russell Productions as well as undertaking newsreel work. In 1945 the company became known as Thames and Clyde Films, specialising in industrial and educational commissions. Russell was an active evangelist for the establishment and expansion of a Scottish film industry. He believed that Scotland had a place in the film market, but was a pragmatist, arguing that it was imperative to create a domestic outlet for the obvious existence of Scottish talent, which was being compelled to go elsewhere.

Russell and five others set up the Scottish Film Producers Association in 1948 in an attempt to promote a Scottish film industry. His sudden death in 1964 brought Thames and Clyde Films to abrupt closure.

Researcher: Ross Ferguson

Films associated with 'COCOZZA, Enrico'

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	TABLE MANNERS [3952] Add to my films A short film outlining good table manners at home, drawing a line from a mother's authority to the school dining hall. This is illustrated by close shots of children learning to eat carefully at home, then behaving well at school.		1959 silent bw
	THINGS THAT HAPPEN NO. 1 [0373] Add to my films First in a series of monthly film reviews of Scotland. Film reconstructs a bank robbery, looks at the Borzoi dog, shoe manufacture at Saxone in Kilmarnock, latest hairdressing styles and the "first sighting" of the Loch Ness Monster!		1936 sound bw
	THINGS THAT HAPPEN NO. 3 [0193] Add to my films St. Andrews and North Berwick swimming pools, a display of gymnastics, police on traffic duty and a dramatised bank robbery are all featured in this cinemagazine.		1937 sound bw
	TINY WINGS [0851] Add to my films A "featurette" on model aircraft.		1946 sound bw
	TOWN IN THE MAKING, a [5785] Add to my films Overview of the development of East Kilbride new town as it reached half its target population in 1963. Emphasis upon East Kilbride Development Corporation's provision of housing, factories and shopping facilities in order to attract population and industry. Several ceremonies and visits by dignitaries.	Onsite only	1963 sound bwcol
	TOWN OF TOMORROW [6844] Add to my films Overview of the development that took place in the first six years of East Kilbride new town.	Onsite only	1954 sound bw
	TWO SISTERS [0323] Add to my films The wedding of Christina Maxwell Russell and James Chalmers MacKnight at Bridge of Earn. 12th June, 1928.		1930 sound bw
	VISIT TO MAVOR AND COULSON, a [0072] Add to my films A tour of the Mavor and Coulson Bridgeton works, Glasgow,		1950 sound bw
	WEDDING FILM NO. 1 [1566] Add to my films A record of the wedding of John McGarrity and Sheila Morrison.		1963 silent col
	WELCOME TO DUNDEE! [0480] Add to my films The industry and life of Dundee with footage of the city; jam making, jute mills at work, tenements and new housing.		1959 silent col
	WIRE LINES [1638] Add to my films An illustration of the manufacture of Martin Black's wire ropes. Their use in coal mining is highlighted. [See also ref. 1639].	Onsite only	1950 sound bw
	WORLD OF STEEL [0111] Add to my films Made for screening at the Empire Exhibition Glasgow, the film gives an illustration of steel rolling mill production for girders for the Empire Exhibition Tower. Extract from 30 minute original full length version (missing).		1938 sound bw
	YOUR GLASS OF SHERRY [0190] Add to my films Shot in Jerez and Seville, the film illustrates how sherry is made.		1960 sound bw