Sunny South was started in 1913 by 4 residents
of Shoreham By Sea in Sussex. Shoreham By Sea was a small community that
had become a get-away for theater people because of the clean air and quaint
atmostphere. Francis Leonard Lyndhurst (artist), Will Evans (comedian),
Arthur Conquest (comedian), and George Graves (comedian), set up to film
comedy shorts using the seaside and Shoreham Fort, (an experimental fort
built in 1857) as the backdrop for their films.
In 1914 they produced 4 films; Building
a Chicken House, The
Jockey, Harnessing
a Horse and The
Showman's Dream.
In 1915, Lyndhurst took control of the company and
changed the name to Sealight Film Company
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