Early Life
Thring was born in Melbourne, the son of F. W. Thring and Olive (née Kreitmeyer), and educated at the Melbourne Grammar School. His father was the head of Efftee Studios, in Melbourne, in the 1920s and 30s, and is said to be the inventor of the clapperboard. Thring, Sr., was also a noted film producer (The Sentimental Bloke), and partner in the nationwide Australian theatre circuit Hoyts. Thring, Sr., died in July 1936, at the age of 52, when Frank Jnr was 10 years old. Frank said his earliest memory is of his mother standing on a stepladder in the foyer of the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, and arranging gladioli in the vases attached to the pillars.
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