Sylvia Post Mason

Australian singer, variety artist & actress active from the late 1920s. Daughter of the American singer (baritone), director (stage/film), producer, manager, troupe proprietor, businessman/company director Charles Post Mason who came to Australia for Harry Rickards in late-1905. His popularity led to him remaining in the country for a decade, and during that time he transitioned from headline act to prominent theatrical producer, troupe manager/proprietor, entrepreneur and film director. Following the release of the hit film "The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell" (1916), producer and co-director, John Gavin (Australian Famous Feature Company) commissioned Mason to exploit the film in American and Canada (which he succeed in doing). However, he contracted the Spanish Flu shortly before returning to Australia and died in San Francisco on 4 December 1918.