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book		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) SPE Author: Speed, Lesley Source: AT Place: St. Kilda, Vic. Publisher: Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM) PubDate: c2015 PhysDes: 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); HARMOY ROW (AT, F.W. Thring, 1934); 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: 9781876467258 Contents: 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 More info
book		Before the interval : Australian mythology and feature films, 1930-1960 / Bruce Molloy St. Lucia, Qld.: University of Queensland Press, 1990. Call No: 408.1(94) MOL Author: Molloy, Bruce Place: St. Lucia, Qld. Publisher: University of Queensland Press PubDate: 1990 PhysDes: xviii, 244 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 22 cm Subject: AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES IN FILM; FAMILY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; MYTH AND THE CINEMA; CINESOUND STUDIOS; CHAUVEL, CHARLES; BITTER SPRINGS (AT, Ralph Smart, 1950); HERITAGE (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1935); ON OUR SELECTION (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1932); SQUATTER'S DAUGHTER, THE (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1933); DAD RUDD M.P. (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1940); FORTY THOUSAND HORSEMEN (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1940); IT ISN'T DONE (AT, Ken G. Hall, 1937); JEDDA (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1955); OVERLANDERS, THE (UK, Harry Watt, 1946); RATS OF TOBRUK, THE (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1944); SHIRALEE, THE (AT, Leslie Norman, 1957); SONS OF MATTHEW (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1949) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. [219]-229 ISBN: 0702222690 (pbk.) LON: 6791823 Contents: Charles Chauvel, p101-164 -- Bitter Springs, p189-194 -- Dad Rudd, p60-65 -- Forty Thousand Horsemen, p144-152 -- Heritage, p107-114 -- It isn't done, p87-92 -- Jedda, p203-208 -- On Our Selection, p48-53 -- The Overlanders, p165-171 -- The Rats of Tobruk, p152-161 -- The Shiralee, p178-181 -- Sons of Matthew, p114-124 -- The Squatter's Daughter, p65-69 More info
subject clippings file		CINESOUND STUDIOS Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Clippings Subject: CINESOUND STUDIOS More info
journal article		The End of An Era in Lumiere (March-April 1971) iss.8 p.17-19 Author: Pike, Andrew PhysDes: Article Subject: CINESOUND STUDIOS; MOVIETONE NEWS; NEWSREELS Summary: Reflection on the long-running newsreel Cinesound Review which had recently merged with Movietone to create the 'Weekly Cinesound Movietone Review'. More info
book		Fashion : Australian memories in black and white / Felicity Robinson, Maggie Tabberer Sydney: Murdoch Books, 2005. Call No: 721.1(391) ROB Author: Robinson, Felicity Edition: 1st ed. Source: Australia Place: Sydney Publisher: Murdoch Books PubDate: 2005 PhysDes: 192 p. : b+w ill. ; 22cm Series: Australian Memories Subject: NEWSREELS; AUSTRALIA; CINESOUND STUDIOS; AUSTRALIANS IN FILMS; FASHION AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; NOSTALGIA IN FILMS; HISTORICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; TABBERER, MAGGIE Summary: The second title in the Australian Memories series, Fashion is a collection of film stills taken from the Cinesound and Movietone newsreels, which played in Australian cinemas from 1933 to 1975. Over the decades the newsreels covered women’s fashions in parades at nightclubs and restaurants, department stores, on the beach and in the streets. Informative captions and excerpts from the original voice-overs are accompanied by succinct and witty essays outlining the history of fashion during this period. [Taken from back cover] ISBN: 1740456084 More info
journal article		The Windon Boys in Australian Cinematographer (September 2012) iss.55 p.30-37 Author: Windon, Ron PhysDes: Article Subject: INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA; CINESOUND STUDIOS; WINDON, RON Summary: Ron Windon discusses his family history in the Australian film industry, the Cinesound Studios and their film work internationally More info

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