Stuart Doyle | |
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 1929 portrait by Reynolds | |
| Born | 1 December 1887 Leichhardt, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 20 October 1945 (aged 57) Wahroonga,New South Wales, Australia |
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Stuart Frank Doyle (1 December 1887 – 20 October 1945) was an Australian radio and theatrical entrepreneur.
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He was born to English parents inLeichhardt, New South Wales, on 1 December 1887.[1]
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He joinedUnion Theatres and Australasian Films and worked his way up to managing director, establishing theCapitol Theatre andState Theatre inSydney as well as theState Theatre inMelbourne. He also helped lead the 1929 campaign against the Federal amusement tax which contributed to the fall of theBruce-Page government.[1]
In 1929 along with SirBenjamin Fuller he helped found theAustralian Broadcasting Company which was taken over by the government in 1932 and became theAustralian Broadcasting Commission.[2] He then set up the Commonwealth Broadcasting Corporation which acquired Sydney radio station2UW. He was also part of the establishment of the Australian Powerboat Association.[3]
TheGreat Depression caused the demise of Union Theatres and Doyle instead establishedGreater Union Theatres, and its production arm,Cinesound Productions. He appointed his former assistant,Ken G. Hall, to run Cinesound, which began successfully withOn Our Selection a property selected by Doyle.[4][5]
Financial over-expansion saw Doyle forced out of the company byNorman Rydge and he resigned in June 1937.[6][7][8]
Doyle died suddenly with cardio-vascular disease at his home at Wahroonga on 20 October 1945 and was buried in the Anglican section of South Head cemetery.[9]
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