Alf Collins

Alf Collins (Newington, 1866 - 20 December, 1951 Clapham) was a British comic, film short director and actor.[1] His shorts include Ju-Jitsu (1907), The Dancing Girl (1908) and Rescued by Lifeboat (1906).

References

Don Fairservice Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice 2001 p35 "Alf Collins was an illiterate music hall comic: he styled himself "The wellknown Comedian of His Majesty's and Drury ... as their first producer of London based one-reelers, and between 1903 and 1910 he made a whole series of chase films. Few of Collins's films still exist but the Gaumont Catalogue entries of the period suggest that his approach to film structure and editing was exceptionally inventive. In 1903 he made The Runaway Match, or a Marriage by Motor Car, ..."

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[1] Don Fairservice Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice 2001 p35 "Alf Collins was an illiterate music hall comic: he styled himself "The wellknown Comedian of His Majesty's and Drury ... as their first producer of London based one-reelers, and between 1903 and 1910 he made a whole series of chase films. Few of Collins's films still exist but the Gaumont Catalogue entries of the period suggest that his approach to film structure and editing was exceptionally inventive. In 1903 he made The Runaway Match, or a Marriage by Motor Car, ..."