Efftee Studios

Initially Efftee Films was based in Melbourne and used optical sound equipment imported from the US.

In 1931, the company produced the first commercially viable Australian made sound feature film, Diggers.

Over the next five years, Efftee produced nine features, over 80 shorts and several stage productions, including the Australian musicals Collits' Inn (1933) and The Cedar Tree (1934).

In 1934, Thring suspended Efftee's operations[1] to pressure the government to establish a quota for Australian films, threatening to move production to London.

He relocated production to Sydney to take advantage of the New South Wales Cinematograph Films (Australian Quota) Act 1935.