11 Facts About Ernest Higgins

Ernest Henry Higgins was an Australian cinematographer during the days of silent film.

Ernest Higgins was the eldest brother of Arthur and Tasman Higgins.

Ernest Higgins shot the film The Throwback for director Arthur Shirley which resulted in Shirley unsuccessfully suing Higgins for breach of contract.

In 1900, Higgins rigged up a projector from his father's shop's balcony with a screen on a building across the street.

Ernest Higgins was involved in a train crash at Richmond Station in 1906 while filming a newsreel.

In 1908, Ernest Higgins filmed a boxing match between Tommy Burns and Jack Johnson.

In 1912, Ernest Higgins captured the first moving pictures from an aircraft for the production of the film The Camera in the Clouds.

In 1922, Shirley Productions went into voluntary liquidation during the filming of The Throwback and Ernest Higgins, who was the production's cinematographer, overtook the business.

Ernest Higgins was then successfully sued by actress Vera Remee for six weeks worth of unpaid wages.

Ernest Higgins argued that Shirley had departed from the arrangement between them without his consent, and that he had disagreed with Shirley during filming over scenes that were shot, including the substitution of the female actors.

The jury eventually found for Ernest Higgins, and awarded him costs.