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Australian comedy films of the 1930s : modernity, the urban and the international / Lesley Speed St. Kilda, Vic.: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM), c2015.
Call No: 732(94) SPEAuthor: Speed, Lesley Source: ATPlace: St. Kilda, Vic.Publisher: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM)PubDate: c2015PhysDes: 128 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.Subject: COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; EFFTEE STUDIO ; CINESOUND STUDIOS ; HANNA, PAT ; WALLACE, GEORGE ; CO-RESPONDENT'S COURSE (AT, E.A. Dietrich-Derrick, 1931) ; DIGGERS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1931) ; HAUNTED BARN, THE (AT, E.A. Dietrich-Derrick, 1931) ; SHOWGIRL'S LUCK (AT, Norman Dawn, 1931) ; SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, F.W. Thring, 1932) ; ON OUR SELECTION (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1932) ; HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1932) ; DIGGERS IN BLIGHTY (AT, Pat Hanna, 1933) ; HARMONY ROW (AT, F.W. Thring, 1933) ; HAYSEEDS, THE (AT, Beaumont Smith, 1933) ; TICKET IN TATTS, A (AT, F.W. Thring, 1934) ; CLARA GIBBINGS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1934) ; STRIKE ME LUCKY (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1935) ; SPLENDID FELLOWS (AT, Beaumont Smith, 1934) ; GRANDAD RUDD (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1935) ; WHITE DEATH (AT, Edwin G. Bowen, 1936) ; RANGLE RIVER (AT, Clarence G. Badger, 1936) ; IT ISN'T DONE (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1937) ; TALL TIMBERS (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1937) ; LET GEORGE DO IT (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1938) ; DAD AND DAVE COME TO TOWN (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1938) ; GONE TO THE GOGS (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1939) ; ANTS IN HIS PANTS (AT, William Freshman, 1939) Summary: Comedy has been a perpetual part of Australian film, in which humour reflects Australia's adaptation in times of crisis, social change and technological advances. This was never more so than in the 1930s, when Australia produced more comedy feature films than in any other decade before 1970. These films of the 1930s embraced the new technology of sound, made local vaudeville performers into movie stars, offered escape from the Depression and revealed a diverse and international Australia. In these films, Australia moved further from Empire and the bush, forged the Digger legend, responded to cultural diversity and viewed itself as a modern, urban nation. Influenced by Hollywood, Australian comedies of the 1930s adapted international styles to local points of view. Based on research at the National Film and Sound Archive, Lesley Speed's book provides new insight into Australian comedy films of the 1930s and the extraordinary period of social change in which they were produced. [taken from the back cober]ISBN: 9781876467258Contents: Contents: Introduction -- Comedy films and 1930s Australia -- Comedian comedies, Pat Hanna and George Wallace -- 'The best men in the metropolis' : Speech and language in films of Pat Hanna and George Wallace -- Strike me lucky, silly ass: Ethnicity and class difference -- From bush to the city: The Dad and Dave films -- Looking at home for 'something really ultra': Modernity, gender and the international -- Select filmography -- Select bibliography -- Notes
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CILECT : list of important Australian films / compiled by Denny Lawrence [North Ryde, NSW?]: Australian Film and Television School, [1980?].
Call No: 675.1(94) LAWAuthor: Lawrence, Denny Source: ATPlace: [North Ryde, NSW?]Publisher: Australian Film and Television SchoolPubDate: [1980?]PhysDes: 60 leaves : 30 cmSubject: AUSTRALIAN FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL ; SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, Raymond Longford, 1919) ; ON OUR SELECTION (AT, Raymond Longford, 1920) ; GIRL OF THE BUSH, A (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1921) ; KID STAKES, THE (AT, Tal Ordell, 1927) ; FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE (AT, Norman Dawn, 1927) ; [FORTY THOUSAND] 40,000 HORSEMEN (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1940) ; OVERLANDERS, THE (UK, Harry Watt, 1946) ; SONS OF MATTHEW (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1949) ; BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1953) ; WAKE IN FRIGHT (AT, Ted Kotcheff, 1971) ; BETWEEN WARS (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1974) ; SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY (AT, Ken Hannam, 1975) ; PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975) ; PURE S (AT, Bert Deling, 1976) ; CADDIE (AT, Donald Crombie, 1976) ; DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1976) ; DON'S PARTY (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1976) ; F.J. HOLDEN, THE (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1977) ; NEWSFRONT (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1978) ; MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979) ; MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979) ; PALM BEACH (AT, Albie Thoms, 1979) ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; ROBBERY UNDER ARMS (AT, Kenneth Brampton, 1920) ; DAD AND DAVE COME TO TOWN (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1938) ; RATS OF TOBRUK, THE (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1944) ; JEDDA (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1955) ; THREE IN ONE (AT, Cecil Holmes, 1956) ; THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (AT, Michael Powell, 1966) ; ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972) ; CASTOR AND POLLUX (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1973) ; MOVING ON (AT, Richard Mason, 1974) ; PETERSEN (AT, Tim Burstall, 1974) ; LEISURE (AT, Bruce Petty, 1976) ; STORM BOY (AT, Henri Safran, 1976) ; GETTING OF WISDOM, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1977) ; LOVE LETTERS FROM TERALBA ROAD (AT, Stephen Wallace, 1977) ; SINGER AND THE DANCER, THE (AT, Gillian Amrstrong, 1977) ; CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978) ; MOUTH MUSIC (NZ, Gregor Nichlas, 1981) ; MOUTH TO MOUTH (AT, John Duigan, 1978) ; LAST TASMANIAN, THE (AT, Tom Haydon, 1978) ; NIGHT THE PROWLER, THE (AT, Jim Sharman, 1978) ; STEPPING OUT (AT, Chris Noonan, 1980) ; STIR (AT, Stephen Wallace, 1980) ; BEST FILMS. AUSTRALIA Summary: A list of important Australian films in two categories, films of aesthetic merit (list A), and films of historical or sociological importance (list B), with a brief synopsis of each.Notes: Reprinted October 1980Contents: Introduction -- Methodology -- Notes on revision -- Film acquisition -- Australian cinema history on film -- references; List - category A: The sentimental bloke (1919) -- On our selection (1920) -- A girl of the bush -- The kid stakes -- For the term of his natural life -- Forty thousand horsemen -- The overlanders -- Sons of Matthew -- Back of beyond -- Desert people -- Wake in fright -- Between wars -- Sunday too far away -- Picnic at Hanging Rock -- Pure S -- Caddie -- The Devil's playground -- Don's party -- F J Holden -- Newsfront -- Mad Max -- My brilliant career - Palm Beach - Breaker Morant; List - category B: Robbery under arms (1920) -- Dad and Dave come to town -- The Rats of Tobruk -- Jedda -- Three in one -- They're a weird mob -- The daventures of Barry McKenzie -- Where dead men lie -- Gentle strangers -- Castor and Pollux -- Moving on -- Petersen -- Leisure -- Storm boy -- All in the same boat -- The getting of wisdom -- Love letters from Teralba Road -- The singer and the dancer -- The chant of Jimmie Blacksmith -- Mouth to mouth -- The last Tasmanian -- The night the prowler -- Stepping out -- Stir
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The cinema of Australia and New Zealand / edited by Geoff Mayer & Keith Beattie. London: Wallflower, 2007.
Call No: 71(93) CINSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: WallflowerPubDate: 2007PhysDes: xiii, 259 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Series: 24 FramesSubject: AUSTRALIA ; NEW ZEALAND ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. NEW ZEALAND ; STORY OF THE KELLY GANG, THE (AT, Charles Tait, 1906) ; WOMAN SUFFERS, THE (AT, Raymond Longford, 1918) ; DAD AND DAVE COME TO TOWN (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1938) ; PHANTOM STOCKMAN, THE (AT, Lee Robinson, 1953) ; BACK OF BEYOND, THE (AT, John Heyer, 1954) ; JEDDA (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1955) ; FREE RADICALS (NZ, Len Lye, 1958) ; RUNAWAY (NZ, John O'Shea, 1964) ; THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (AT, Michael Powell, 1966) ; ONE NIGHT THE MOON (AT, Rachel Perkins, 2001) ; SLEEPING DOGS (NZ, Roger Donaldson, 1977) ; VIGIL (NZ, Vincent Ward, 1984) ; IN THIS LIFE'S BODY (AT, Corinne Cantrill, 1984) ; PIANO, THE (AT, Jane Campion, 1993) ; YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY, THE (AT, Peter Weir, 1982) ; ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994) ; OSCAR AND LUCINDA (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1997) ; AFTER MABO (AT, Richard Frankland, 1997) ; CHOPPER (AT, Andrew Dominik, 2000) ; GODDESS OF 1967, THE (AT, Clara Law, 2000) ; MOULIN ROUGE (AT/US, Baz Luhrmann, 2001) ; LORD OF THE RINGS: FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, THE (US, Peter Jackson, 2001) ; TWO LAWS (AT, Alessandro Cavadini & Carolyn Strachan, 1981) ; RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (AT, Phillip Noyce, 2001) Summary: A collection of essays celebrating the commercially successful narrative feature films from Australia and New Zealand, including key documentaries, shorts and independent films. This coverage also invokes issues of national identity, race, history and the ability of two small film cultures to survive the economic and cultural threat from Hollywood.Notes: Includes filmography.
Includes bibliography and index.ISBN: 9781904764960
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Making film and television histories : Australia and New Zealand / edited by James E. Bennett and Rebecca Beirne London: I.B. Tauris, 2012.
Call No: 49[930.2](93/94) MAKSource: UKPlace: LondonPublisher: I.B. TaurisPubDate: 2012PhysDes: xxiii, 296 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; HISTORY AND TV. AUSTRALIA ; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA. NEW ZEALAND ; HISTORY AND TV. AUSTRALIA ; JEDDA (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1955) ; LOUSY LITTLE SIXPENCE (AT, Alec Morgan , 1983) ; BUFFALO LEGENDS (AT, Desmond Kootji Raymond & Paul Roberts, 1997) ; RABBIT-PROOF FENCE (AT, Phillip Noyce, 2001) ; BRA BOYS (AT, Sunny Abberton, 2007) ; AUSTRALIA (UK/AT/US, Baz Luhrmann, 2008) ; ONCE WERE WARRIORS (NZ, Lee Tamahori, 1994) ; CAMERA NATURA (AT, Ross Gibson, 1986) ; CINEMA OF UNEASE: A PERSONAL JOURNEY BY SAM NEILL (NZ, Sam Neill & Judy Reimer, 1995) ; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980) ; GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) ; COWRA BREAKOUT (AT, Chris Noonan & Phil Noyce, 1985) ; REVEALING GALLIPOLI (AT, Wain Fimeri, 2005) ; SMILEY (UK, Anthony Kimmins, 1956) ; DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1976) ; PUBERTY BLUES (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1981) ; WHALE RIDER (NZ/GG, Niki Caro, 2002) ; ONE SUMMER AGAIN [TV] (AT, Mark Callan, 1985) ; EVIL ANGELS (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1988) ; ANGEL AT MY TABLE, AN (NZ, Jane Campion, 1990) ; PIANO, THE (AT, Jane Campion, 1993) ; HEAVENLY CREATURES (NZ, Peter Jackson, 1994) ; NED KELLY (AT/UK, Gregor Jordan, 2003) ; DAD AND DAVE COME TO TOWN (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1938) ; MY BRILLIANT CAREER (AT, Gillian Armstrong, 1979) ; WITCHES AND FAGGOTS - DYKES AND POOFTERS (AT, 'One in Seven', 1980) ; LOVE THE BEAST (AT, Eric Bana, 2009) ; THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (AT, Michael Powell, 1966) ; THEY'RE A WEIRD MOB (AT/UK, Michael Powell, 1966) ; ILLUSTRIOUS ENERGY (NZ, Leon Narbey, 1987) ; SERENADES (AT, Mojgan Khadem, 2000) ; PACIFIC SOLUTION (AT/NZ, James Frankham, 2005) ; FORGOTTEN SILVER (NZ, Peter Jackson & Costa Botes, 1996) ; ROSIE'S SECRET (AT, Lisa Matthews, 1994) ; OUTBACK HOUSE [AT] (AT, 2005-) ; COLONY, THE [TV] (AT/UK, Malcolm McDonald, 2005) ; NGATI (NZ, Barry Barclay, 1987) ; UTU (NZ, Geoffrey Murphy, 1983) ; RIVER QUEEN (NZ/UK, Vincent Ward, 2005) Summary: "Making Film and Television Histories: Australian and New Zealand considers film and television texts as primary historical media with the potential to bring historical topics alive through their interplay between past and present" - TAKEN FROM BACK COVERContents: Section One Aboriginal Narratives -- Introduction / Suneeti Rekhari -- Jedda / Suneeti Rekhari -- The Making of Lousy Little Sixpence / Alec Morgan -- Buffalo Legends / Shane Motlap -- Rabbit Proof Fence / Kathy Butler -- Blood is Thicker than Water: Stains on the Land in Bra Boys / Henk Huijser -- Australia / Ann McGrath -- Section Two Maori Narratives -- Introduction / Jennifer Gauthier -- Milies in Maoriland: The Making of the First New Zealand Feature Films / Mark Derby -- Patu! / Geraldene Peters -- Ngati / Jennifer Gauthier -- Once Were Warriors / Stuart Murray -- Section Three The New Zealand Wars -- Introduction / Annabel Cooper -- `Magnificent Failure' or Subversive Triumph?: The Governor / Trisha Dunleavy -- Making Nation: Utu / Hester Joyce -- Nga Pakanga Nunui o Aotearoa/ The New Zealand Wars / Annabel Cooper -- Reconciling History in Vincent Ward's River Queen / Cherie Lacey -- Section Four Imaging the Nation -- Contents note continued: Introduction / Mark Derby -- Romantic New Zealand: 1920s and 1930s' NZ Government Publicity Office Travelogues / Alfio Leotta -- From Colony to Nation in One Hundred Crowded Years: A Narrative on Civilisation, Progress and Modernity / Lars Weckbecker -- Camera Natura / Deane Williams -- Cinema of Unease / Brenda Allen -- Seeing Bed in 1949 and 1995 / Alan Wright -- Section Five War and Society -- Introduction / Daniel Reynaud -- Breaker Morant / Craig Wilcox -- Gallipoli / Daniel Reynaud -- The Cowra Breakout / Belinda Smaill -- War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us / Gabrielle A. Fortune -- Revealing Revealing Gallipoli / Peter Stanley -- Section Six Stories of Adolescence -- Introduction / Emma Hamilton -- Smiley / Emma Hamilton -- The Devil's Playground: Coming-of-Age as National Cinema / Josephine May -- Sex and Subculture: Bruce Beresford's Puberty Blues / Lisa Featherstone -- Whale Rider / Jennifer Gauthier -- Section Seven Icons, Crime and the Imagination -- Introduction / Michelle Arrow -- One Summer Again: The Dramatising of the Heidelberg School / Bill Garner -- Witnessing Innocence: Fred Schepisi's Evil Angels / Michelle Arrow -- An Angel at My Table / Fincina Hopgood -- The Piano / Harriet Margolis -- Heavenly Creatures: The 1954 Parker-Hulme Case / James E. Bennett -- Ned Kelly (2003) / Sarah Pinto -- Section Eight Explorations of Gender and Sexuality -- Introduction / Rebecca Beirne -- Dad and Dave Come to Town: Mr Entwhistle and Male Homosexuality / Yorick Smaal -- My Brilliant Career / Jill Roe -- Witches, Faggots, Dykes and Poofters / Scott McKinnon -- Love the Beast / Kirsten Stevens -- Section Nine Immigrants, Refugees and Multicultural Narratives -- Introduction / Michelle Langford -- Who's the Weird Mob Anyway? Assimilation and Authenticity in They're A Weird Mob / Jessica Carniel -- Illustrious Energy / Brenda Allen -- Serenades / Michelle Langford -- Pacific Solution: From Afghanistan to Aotearoa / Annie Goldson -- Section Ten Playing with the Past
Introduction / James E. Bennett -- Forgotten Silver / Craig Hight -- Rosie's Secret / Nancy Cushing -- Revisioning the Australian Outback House of 1861 / Anthony Corones -- Living History: The Colony / Claire Lowrie
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Stocking our selection / by Steele Rudd (A.H. Davis) ; illustrated by A.J. Fisher ... [et al.]. Brisbane, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, 1970.
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