# Argosy Films

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Not to be confused with [Argosy Pictures](/source/Argosy_Pictures).

**Argosy Films** was an Australian production company, best known for the feature films *[That Certain Something](/source/That_Certain_Something)* (1941) and *[The Power and the Glory](/source/The_Power_and_the_Glory_(1941_film))* (1941). It was formed by people formerly involved with [National Productions](/source/The_Flying_Doctor).

## About

The company was registered in 1937 with capital of £50,000. The subscribers were Frederick Daniel, George B. Bennett, Ronald H. Wolff, Cecil V. Stevenson, [Noel Monkman](/source/Noel_Monkman), Harold L. Gray, and Joseph A. Byron.[1] The general manager was Frederick Daniell.

In 1940 it was announced they would make two feature films,[2] with 60% of the cost to be guaranteed by the New South Wales government.[3] The two films were to be *Daughters of Australia*, budgeted at £12,500, and *Man Without a Country*, at a cost of £12,500 (these were later re-titled *[That Certain Something](/source/That_Certain_Something)* (1941) and *[The Power and the Glory](/source/The_Power_and_the_Glory_(1941_film))* (1941) respectively).[4]

Plans for further production – including a version of the *[Stingaree](/source/Stingaree_(character))* stories[5] – did not come to fruition and the company was liquidated in 1948.[6]

Argosy is not to be confused with the British film company of the same name.[7]

## References

1. ["COMPANY NEWS."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27988663). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. National Library of Australia. 5 January 1937. p. 13. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

1. ["COMPANIES' PLANS."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29889082). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. National Library of Australia. 3 January 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

1. ["FOUR LOCAL FILMS."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29889083). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. National Library of Australia. 3 January 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

1. ["FOUR LOCAL FILMS."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17647149). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. National Library of Australia. 13 March 1940. p. 13. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

1. ["Film Plan For Australia."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141193178). *[Barrier Daily Truth](/source/Barrier_Daily_Truth)*. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 3 July 1948. p. 1. Retrieved 23 November 2014.

1. ["Advertising."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18055890). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. National Library of Australia. 1 January 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 19 February 2012.

1. ["THE NEWS REEL."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38520231). *[Western Mail](/source/Western_Mail_(Western_Australia))*. Perth: National Library of Australia. 29 May 1930. p. 7. Retrieved 16 February 2012.

## External links

- [Arogsy Films](http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/summary/summary.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;page=0;parentid=;query=Organisation%3A%22%2FOrganisation%2Fkey%2F69-1%22;querytype=;resCount=10)[dead link] at [National Film and Sound Archive](/source/National_Film_and_Sound_Archive)

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