Efftee Studios

Background
Efftee Studios was an early Australian film and theatre production studio, established by F.W. Thring (the name 'Efftee' deriving from his initials, 'FT' for Francis Thring) in 1930. It existed until Thring's death in 1935. Initially Efftee Films was based in Melbourne and used optical sound equipment imported from the US.

(November 6, 1931- October 13, 1934)


Logo: On a black background, we see a footage of a Koala bear climbing a tree and after that, he starts eating the leaves from the tree and looks around. The footage is surrounded with a marquee. The words "EFFTEE FILM" and "PRODUCTIONS" are placed on 2 separate ribbons below and the rest of the marquee have leaves surrounded by it.

Variant: There is a extended version of the footage where the Koala keeps looking around a bit longer.

Technique: Mostly live action. The footage was filmed on a tree in the Australian outback.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening music of the film.

Availability: Rare, as this was seen on films from the company such as Clara Gibbings (1934), Diggers (1931), and others.