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Ken G. Hall
Kenneth George Hall (22 February 1901 – 8 February 1994) was an Australian film producer and director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry. He was the first Australian to win an Academy Award. Early years Kenneth George Hall was born in Paddington, a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, in 1901, the third child of Charles and Florence Hall. He was educated at North Sydney Boys' High School. At age 15, with the help of his father, he gained a cadetship at the Sydney '' Evening News'', where he became friends with a young Kenneth Slessor, then a cadet for another paper. Two years later, he became a publicist for Union Theatres, initially working as an assistant to Gayne Dexter. He had a six-month stint as manager for the Lyceum Theatre then returned to publicity, working his way up to national publicity director, "the highest post in film publicity in Australia" at that time. In 1924, Hall joined the American distribu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paddington, New South Wales
Paddington is a suburb of Sydney in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Located east of the Sydney central business district, Paddington lies across two Local government in Australia, local government areas. The portion south of Oxford Street, Sydney, Oxford Street lies within the City of Sydney, while the portion north of Oxford Street lies within the Municipality of Woollahra. It is often colloquially referred to as "Paddo". Paddington is bordered to the west by Darlinghurst, to the east by Centennial Park, New South Wales, Centennial Park and Woollahra, to the north by Edgecliff, New South Wales, Edgecliff and Rushcutters Bay and to the south by Moore Park, New South Wales, Moore Park. History Aboriginal people The suburb of Paddington is considered to be part of the region associated with the stories of the Cadigal people. These people belonged to the Dharug language, Dharug (or Eora) language group, which includes what is now known as the Sydney central busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thar She Blows!
''Thar She Blows!'' is a 1931 short Australian film, the first production from Cinesound Productions. It is a documentary on the West Australian whaling industry. Synopsis The action takes place at Point Close station, 500 miles north of Perth. A steamer sights a whale, plunges a harpoon into it, then draws the carcass to the ship's side, whereupon it is attacked by a school of sharks. The whale is towed ashore, where it is stripped of its blubber and prepared for market. Production Ken G. Hall got hold of some spectacular footage shot by Walter Sully on board a Norwegian whaler off the coast of Western Australia, including scenes of a shark attacking a whale carcass. Hall wrote a commentary, had Lionel Lunn record it, and added a soundtrack to the film. Sound recording was primitive in Australia at the time and Hall could not add music or dub in an effects track. Release The film was released in support of a Hollywood feature and received good reviews, particularly from Kenne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strike Me Lucky
''Strike Me Lucky'' is a 1934 Australian comedy musical film starring popular stage comic vaudevillian Roy Rene in his first and only film. It was the fourth feature film from Cinesound Productions but proved a box office disappointment. Director Ken G. Hall claimed it was the only one of his features not to go into profit within a few years of release, although the film eventually covered costs. Synopsis 'Mo' McIsaac and his sidekick Donald try to find work to support Miriam, a young orphan girl he finds dancing for pennies in the street; McIsaac is unaware that Miriam is really the missing daughter of rich aristocrat, Major Burnett. Gangster Al Baloney and Mae West impersonator Kate kidnap the girl and Mo is blamed for her disappearance. Mo and Donald take off into the bush looking for a gold mine (this storyline was inspired by the 1930 expedition to find Lasseter's Reef). Here they are attacked by a tribe of Aboriginal cannibals before discovering their names are cleare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinesound Varieties
''Cinesound Varieties'' is a 1934 Australian variety short film from director Ken G. Hall made to go out on a double-bill with the full-length feature, '' The Silence of Dean Maitland'' (1934). Only 18 minutes of the film survive today. Synopsis There were two main components of the film: 1) 'Evolution of a Waltz' - a musical presentation with Hamilton Webber and the State Orchestra illustrating the evolution of the waltz from the age of Mozart to Irving Berlin 2) 'Nautical Nonsense' - a musical comedy revue, featuring several Australian variety stars including * Fred Bluett and his Boy Scouts story as pirates in Sydney *the Tom Katz saxophone band *soprano Angela Parselles *tap dancing by the Lowell brothers *musical numbers by the Cinesound Octette *the Cinesound Beauty Ballet of twenty Australian girls. There were also appearances by Emanel Aarons at the grand organ and an adagio dance by the Orlandos. Cast * Fred Bluett * Hamilton Webber Production The movie was made i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Mail (Brisbane)
''The Sunday Mail'' is a newspaper published on Sunday in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. It is Brisbane's only Sunday newspaper. ''The Sunday Mail'' is published in tabloid format, comprising several sections that can be extracted and read separately. It is available for purchase throughout Queensland, most regions of Northern New South Wales and parts of the Northern Territory. Publishing The newspaper is published by Queensland Newspapers, part of News Corp Australia, whose parent company is News Corp. The editorial office is located at Bowen Hills, in Brisbane's inner northern suburbs, and the newspaper is printed in the suburb of Murarrie. The current editor is Melanie Pilling whose appointment took effect on June 24, 2024. Liz Deegan succeeded Michael Prain as editor in September 2006. Prain, who was editor of the newspaper for almost a decade, was appointed managing editor, digital media, of Queensland Newspapers. As she prepared to take over as editor, Deegan sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Longden
John Longden (11 November 1900 – 26 May 1971) was a British film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1926 and 1964, including six films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Biography Longden was born in the West Indies, the son of a Methodist missionary, and was educated at Kingswood School, Bath, Somerset. Originally intending to be a mining engineer, he worked for two years in a coal mine in Yorkshire, where he started acting in amateur theatrical companies. An introduction to Seymour Hicks saw him start acting on the legitimate stage, beginning with a walk-on part in ''Old Bill, MP''. He played in ''My Old Dutch'' with Albert Chevalier, then spent time with the Liverpool and Birmingham repertory theatres. He also appeared in ''The Farmer's Wife'', produced by Barry Jackson at the Court Theatre in London for two years. About this time Longden began to appear in silent films. He signed a contract with Gaumont British Pictures to write and act, earning a notabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Silence Of Dean Maitland
''The Silence of Dean Maitland'' is an 1886 novel by Maxwell Gray (the pen name of Mary Gleed Tuttiett). Set in a fictionalized Isle of Wight, particularly around Calbourne, it concerns an ambitious clergyman who accidentally kills the father of a young woman he has made pregnant, then allows his best friend to be wrongly convicted for the crime. A popular bestseller, it was filmed in 1914, in 1915 (under the title ''Sealed Lips''), and in 1934. References External links ''The Silence of Dean Maitland'' Internet Archive. ''The World's Greatest Books, Volume 5'' Project Gutenberg, which leads with an extended synopsis by Maxwell Gray.''The Silence of Dean Matiland'' playat AustLit AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource (also known as AustLit: Australian Literature Gateway; and AustLit: The Resource for Australian Literature) is a national bio-bibliographical database of Australian literature. It is an internet-based, ... 1886 British novels British novels adapte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghosts Of Port Arthur
''Ghosts of Port Arthur'' is a 1933 Australian short documentary directed by Ken G. Hall. It was described as a "travel fantasy" which focuses on the history of the penal settlement at Port Arthur. It includes sections on New Norfolk, Hobart, Port Arthur, the Hobart Zoo and the Derwent River district. Reception The film was released as a support item. The ''Adelaide News'' called it a "fine travel talk". References External links''Ghosts of Port Arthur''at Australian Screen Online''Ghosts of Port Arthur''at IMDb IMDb, historically known as the Internet Movie Database, is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and biograp ... 1933 short documentary films 1933 films Films directed by Ken G. Hall Australian black-and-white films Australian short documentary films 1930s Australian films {{short-documentary-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jocelyn Howarth
Constance Worth (born Enid Joyce Howarth; 19 August 1911 – 18 October 1963) was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s. She was also known as Jocelyn Howarth. Early life and career She was born in Sydney, Australia in 1911, the youngest of three daughters of businessman Moffatt Howarth and his wife Mary Ellen (''née'' Dumbrell). She attended Ascham School and a finishing school. She appeared on stage at Sydney's Independent theatre in a production of ''Cynara''. Film career in Australia Her film debut was in the title role in the Cinesound movie '' The Squatter's Daughter'' (1933), produced and directed by Ken G. Hall. Hall claimed Howarth's first screen test showed "light and shade, good diction, no accent and (that) she undoubtedly could act with no sign of the self-consciousness which almost always characterised the amateur." The film was a financial success. In August 1933 Cinesound put her under an 18-month contract, a rarity at the time. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Squatter's Daughter (1933 Film)
The Squatter's Daughter may refer to: * The Squatter's Daughter (play), a 1907 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan * The Squatter's Daughter (1910 film), an Australian silent film based on the play * The Squatter's Daughter (1933 film), an Australian film based on the same play * The Squatter's Daughter (Lambert), a 1924 painting by George Washington Lambert {{DEFAULTSORT:Squatter's Daughter, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On Our Selection (1932 Film)
''On Our Selection'' (titled in the UK as ''Down On the Farm'') is a 1932 comedy based on the Dad and Dave stories by Steele Rudd. These had been turned into a popular play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan in 1912, which formed the basis for the screenplay. Bailey repeats his stage role as Dad Rudd. He also wrote the script with director Ken G. Hall. The movie was one of the most popular Australian films of all time. Plot The movie opens with the title card "bushland symphony", followed by sounds and vision of the Australian bush. The subsequent action involves a series of various subplots centered around a "selection" in South West Queensland owned by Dad Rudd: he owes some money to his rich neighbour, old Carey, who is determined to break Dad financially; his educated daughter, Kate, is pursued by two men, the poor but devoted Sandy and Carey's villainous son, Jim; one of his workers, Cranky Jack, has a mysterious background; comic visits from a parson and country dentist w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steele Rudd
Steele Rudd was the pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis (14 November 1868 – 11 October 1935) an Australian author, best known for his short story collection ''On Our Selection''. In 2009, as part of the Q150 celebrations, Rudd was named one of the Q150 Icons for his role in Queensland literature. Early life Davis was born at Drayton, Queensland, Drayton near Toowoomba, Queensland, the son of Thomas Davis (1828–1904), a blacksmith from Abernant in south Wales who arrived to Australia in 1847 due to a five-year conviction for petty theft, and Mary, née Green (1835–1893) an Irishwoman from Galway who was driven to emigrate by the Great Famine (Ireland), Great Famine. The boy was the eighth child and fifth son in a family of 13 children. The father later on took up a selection at Emu Creek, and there Davis was educated at the local school. He left school before he was 12 and worked at odd jobs on a station, and at 15 years of age became a junior stockrider on a station on the Darli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
