C. Post Mason

{{short description|American singer}}

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C. Post Mason (died December 4, 1918), Charles Post Mason, real name Charles Post Doutney, was an American director, singer and manager. He was born in Vermont and then became a vaudeville singer. He moved to England and then in 1904 emigrated to Australia.

In Australia he sang at the Tivoli and worked for the J.D. Williams Amusement Company, managing events such as bike races.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15264240 |title=CYCLING AND MOTORING. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=August 9, 1911 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} He also worked for Hugh McIntosh, and Australasian Films and directed stage shows and managed theatres.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19994152 |title=THE WAR AND THEATRES. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=November 5, 1914 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article25503294 |title=THE STAGE. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=January 24, 1914 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=20 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

He directed The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell which was a tremendous success.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article121338120 |title=NURSE CAVELL, MARTYR. |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Sydney |date=January 30, 1916 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=16 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} He took the film to North America to promote, accompanied by his wife.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article103828230 |title=PAYING THE TAX. |newspaper=The Mirror of Australia |location=Sydney |date=April 7, 1917 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}[https://archive.org/stream/movpic28chal#page/n647/mode/2up/search/australia "Nurse Cavell Picture Coming Soon", Motion Picture News, May 1916]. Retrieved November 23, 2014

He died in 1918 in New York City during the flu pandemic, aged 40. He was survived by his wife, Queensland girl Rose Moran, whom he had married in 1906,{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20829519 |title=Family Notices. |newspaper=The Queenslander |date=August 25, 1906 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} and their four children.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article70630707 |title=OLD PROGRAMMES. |newspaper=The Central Queensland Herald |location=Rockhampton, Qld. |date=August 20, 1936 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

His son Charles Doutney (1908–1957), became a noted artist after he took up painting to help him recuperate from a rare blood disease.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article98282600 |title=Doomed to die, but wins art prize. |newspaper=Sunday Mail |location=Brisbane |date=February 1, 1953 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27526802 |title=Archibald Show 'Worst in Memory'. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=January 24, 1953 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51392072 |title=Battle through sickness to success. |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly | date=August 29, 1956 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=23 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51189943 |title=WINNER OE PORTRAIT PRIZE DIES AT 49. |newspaper=The Australian Women's Weekly | date=August 7, 1957 |accessdate=November 23, 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}