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Brett Porter
Brett Porter is an Australian producer, writer and director best known for his work in TV. He worked at ATN-7 producing some of the first drama made for Australian television. He moved to the ABC in 1964, where he made documentaries and worked on ''Four Corners''. He was then producer on ''Bellbird''. He died in 1970 aged 57. Select credits *'' Johnny Belinda'' (1959) - producer *'' Two Men of Fiji'' (1959) *''Other People's Houses'' (1959) *''They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful'' (1959) *''Thunder of Silence'' (1959) *''Pardon Miss Westcott'' (1959) *''Reflections in Dark Glasses'' (1960) *''The Story of Peter Grey'' (1961) *'' Stronger Since the War?'' (1964) - documentary - writer and director *''Four Corners'' (1965) - director *''Three Faces of New Guinea'' (1967) - documentary *''Bellbird'' (1967) - TV series - producer *''Pastures of the Blue Crane'' (1969) References External links *Brett Porterat National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Belinda (TV Play)
"Johnny Belinda" was a 1959 Australian TV adaptation of the 1940 play by Elmer Harris which had been filmed in 1948. It was the first "live" one hour drama on commercial television in Australia. It was shown live on 4 April 1959 in Sydney, recorded and shown later in Melbourne. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. The play was the first episode of ''Shell Presents'', a regular series of Australian dramas. Plot In Nova Scotia, a deaf mute girl is raped. Cast * Kathleen Gorham as Belinda McDonald * James Condon as Dr Davidson * Robina Beard * Kevin Brennan as Black McDonald * Michael Cole as man who assaults Belinda * Eve Hardwicke as the rapists wife * Mark Kelly * Olive Walter * Nellie Lamport * Leonard Lee * John Morris * Nancye Stewart Production It was decided to do this play first as, reportedly, it was the first play for which the rights could be obtained. The story was well known to Australian audiences because of the 1948 film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Men Of Fiji
''Two Men of Fiji'' is a 1959 Australian television documentary. It was directed by Brett Porter for the Shell Film Unit. It was filmed by Hone Glendinning and Roger Mirams in Fiji over a two-month period and was screened theatrically in Fiji. Notable for reputedly being Fiji's first hour-long colour documentary and its location recording of the Lauan language. Reception The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' said it "freshly and happily captured the spirit of a remote and happy people." Notes References External links ''Two Men of Fiji''at Australian Screen Online * Clip from filmon YouTube YouTube is a global online video sharing and social media platform headquartered in San Bruno, California. It was launched on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim. It is owned by Google, and is the second most ... Australian television films Films set in Fiji 1959 films {{Australia-tv-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other People's Houses
"Other People's Houses" is the second episode of the 1959 Australian TV drama anthology '' Shell Presents''. It was based on a play by Tad Mosel and starred Diana Perryman and was directed by David Cahill. It aired on 2 May 1959 in Sydney and on 3 October 1959 in Melbourne. The script had previously been filmed in the U.S. for ''Goodyear Playhouse'', with Rod Steiger and Eileen Heckart. Plot An old man (Lou Vernon) lives with his married daughter and her husband and they do not like him. His eldest daughter, Inez, moves in with them, and tries to save her father from an old person's home. Cast *Lou Vernon as the old man * Diana Perryman as Inez, the eldest daughter *Coralie Neville as the married daughter *Deryck Barnes her husband Ralph *Fred Powell as a policeman Production ATN-7 originally announced that the second episode of '' Shell Presents'' would be an adaptation of ''Children of the Sun'' by Morris West but that was not made. In April 1959 it was announced the second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful
"They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful" is an Australian television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired live on 27 June 1959 in Sydney, and on 8 August 1959 in Melbourne. It aired as part of '' Shell Presents'', a monthly presentation of standalone productions which aired from 1959 to 1960 on ATN-7 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne. In contrast with the first three episodes of '' Shell Presents'', which were tragedies, this was a comedy. It was also the first based on an original Australian script. The production was broadcast live in Sydney and later shown in Melbourne via a video-tape recording. Then Governor General William Slim was present at the live broadcast. Plot Set in Sydney. Two men (Stewart Ginn and Kevin Brennan), after being released from prison, unintentionally become involved in a baby kidnapping plot. Cast * Stewart Ginn * Kevin Brennan * June Salter as Ginn's girlfriend * Fifi Banvard as the landlady of the house *Diana Davidson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thunder Of Silence
"Thunder of Silence" is an episode of the 1959 Australian TV drama anthology ''Shell Presents'', and the fourth made in Sydney. It was based on an American play by Stewart Stern which had been produced in the U.S. with Paul Newman and Inger Stevens. It aired live on 22 August 1959 in Sydney with a recorded version airing on 28 November 1959 in Melbourne. It was a drama of immigrant assimilation. John Meillon played the lead. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot In the American mid-west, a middle aged farmer (John Tate) and his wife (Marion Johns) give shelter to a refugee from Europe (Richard Davies) and his daughter (Marion Johns). The refugee and the farmer have very different personalities and struggle to understand each other. The situation is resolved by the return of Everett (John Meillon), the farming couple's wandering son. Cast *John Meillon as Everett *Richard Davies *Marion Johns * John Tate *John Llewellyn *Margo Carrigan Production Stewart Ster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pardon Miss Westcott
"Pardon Miss Westcott" is a 1959 Australian TV play by the Seven Network as part of drama anthology series '' Shell Presents''. It was a musical set in colonial Australia and was broadcast live. It was Australia's first television musical comedy. "Pardon Miss Westcott" aired on 12 December 1959 in Sydney and on 19 December 1959 in Melbourne. It ran for 75 minutes and featured eight new songs and a cast of nineteen. Plot It is 1809 and Britain sends its convicts to the penal colony of New South Wales. On a convict ship travelling to Sydney, the convicts, notably three men, Mansfield, Harbutt, and Snark, sing "He-ho, you'll never go back". Elizabeth Westcott is being transported after being given a five year sentence for killing a pig and serving it to a pompous magistrate at her father's inn. On the boat over she meets Richard Soames, an army officer being transferred to the NSW Corps. Elizabeth befriends Mansfield, Harbutt, and Snark after she refuses to report them for theft; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reflections In Dark Glasses
"Reflections in Dark Glasses" is an Australian television film, or rather a television play, which aired in 1960. It aired as part of ''Shell Presents'', which consisted of monthly presentations of stand-alone television dramas. It was written by Sydney writer James Workman, and is notable as an early example of Australian-written television drama. It was broadcast live in Sydney, then recorded and shown in Melbourne. Unlike some Australian television of the early 1960s, the program still exists, as a kinescope recording held by the National Film and Sound Archive. The program was much acclaimed. Plot A disturbed woman keeps searching for her young son. She tries to pick him up at school, but he isn't there. She insists that her husband took her son away. She threatens her mother in law with a pair of scissors. Cast *Muriel Steinbeck *James Condon as the husband *Ruth Cracknell as a psychiatrist *Winifred Green as the mother in law *Eve Hardwicke as a school teacher *Margaret M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Story Of Peter Grey
''The Story of Peter Grey'' was an Australian television daytime soap opera produced by the Seven Network and first broadcast in July 1962 . James Condon starred in the title role as a church minister, with other cast members including Thelma Scott, Lynne Murphy, Moya O'Sullivan. Produced at the Seven Network's ATN-7 studio's in Sydney, the series had a run of 156 fifteen-minute episodes, and was in black and white. Plot Peter Grey is a clergyman appointed to a new parish. He is married to neurotic Brenda. He forms a friendship with his predecessor, Rev Henry Marner and the latter's daughter Jane. Cast * James Condon as Peter Grey * Diana Perryman as Jane Marner * Don Crosby as a doctor * Stewart Ginn * Lou Vernon as Rev Henry Marner * Lynne Murphy as Brenda Grey * Gordon Chater * Walter Sullivan as Tony Beaumont * Thelma Scott Production I n 1959, the Seven Network (ATN7) announced they would produce three new television series, two 30-minute dramas and a 15-min ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stronger Since The War
''Stronger Since the War?'' is a 1964 Australian documentary film which examines the status of women in Japan following World War 2. It was created by the ABC as part of their contribution to Intertel (The International Television Federation). It was broadcast on the ABC TV on 11 November 1964. The film won the 1965 Australian Film Institute The Australian Film Institute (AFI) was founded in 1958 as a non-profit organisation devoted to developing an active film culture in Australia and fostering engagement between the general public and the Australian film industry. It is responsi ... award for Best Documentary. References Australian documentary films 1964 films 1964 documentary films 1960s English-language films 1960s Australian films English-language documentary films {{Australia-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being '' The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastures Of The Blue Crane
''Pastures of the Blue Crane'' is an Australian novel by Hesba Fay Brinsmead, published in 1964. The novel won the Children's Book of the Year Award: Older Readers in 1965. It was adapted for television in 1969. It has recently been reprinted due to renewed interest by University of Queensland Press in 2018. Synopsis The story opens in Melbourne, where Amaryllis Merewether, aged 16, is told her father has died and that she is to inherit his farm on the North coast of New South Wales. There is a catch; the co-heir is the grandfather she never knew she had. The snooty schoolgirl and the ramshackle old pensioner are clearly at odds, yet both are curious about the farm and agree to take the train together and visit their property. The pair are captivated by the beautiful, almost tropical landscape, and soon its luxuriance begins to work its magic on lonely, isolated Ryl and tetchy Dusty. Too young for university, and with nothing else to do in the meantime, Ryl renovates the old f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film And Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
