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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

Call No: 408.1(94) MCM
Author: McMahon, Barrie; Quin, Robyn
Place: Marrickville, N.S.W.
Publisher: Science Press
PubDate: 1990
PhysDes: 154 p. : ill. ; 25 cm
Subject: DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; WOMEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; STARS. AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA
Notes: Includes index; For senior secondary school students; Bibliography: p. 147-148
ISBN: 085583174X (pbk.)
LON: 7030358

Call No: 79BAR MOR
Author: Moore, Tony
Source: AT
Place: Sydney
Publisher: Currency Press, Australian Film Commission
PubDate: 2005
PhysDes: x, 86 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.
Series: Australian screen classics
Subject: AUSTRALIANS IN FILMS; AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; EVERAGE, DAME EDNA; BERESFORD, BRUCE; HUMPHRIES, BARRY; ADAMS, PHILLIP; BARRY MCKENZIE HOLDS HIS OWN (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1974); ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972)
Summary: With irresponsible humour and sharp-witted insight Tony Morre explores the subversive satire of the films, their influence on his generation, and what they have to say about who we are today. Included is a glossary of Bazza-isms written by Barry Humphries.
ISBN: 0868197483
ISSN: 1447557X

Call No: 732(94) JOH
Author: Johnson, Rob, 1969; Smiedt, David
Place: Rydalmere, N.S.W.
Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia
PubDate: 1999
PhysDes: viii, 376 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm
Subject: COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; COMEDY PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIENNES. AUSTRALIA; ADAMS, PHILLIP; GLEISNER, TOM; MCDERMOTT, PAUL; O'DONOGHUE, RORY; BAILEY, BERT; BOND, GRAHAME; BOURNE, SHANE; BROWN, NOELINE; CILAURO, SANTO; CHATER, GORDON; CREYTON, BARRY; DENTON, ANDREW; FAHEY, MARYANNE; FERGUSON, TIM; GILLIES, MAX; GRILLS, LUCKY; GYNGELL, KIM; HALL, KEN G.; HARMER, WENDY; HOGAN, PAUL; HUMPHRIES, BARRY; KENNEDY, GRAHAM; LAMOND, TONI; MCDONALD, GARRY; QUANTOCK, ROD; RAYE, CAROL; REILLY, GARY; SITCH, ROB; SORRENTI, VINCE; SZUBANSKI, MAGDA; ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972); BIG GIG, THE [TV] (AT, Ted Robinson, 1989); FRONTLINE [TV] (AT, 1994- ); MAVIS BRAMSTON SHOW [TV] (AT, 1964-1968); IN MELBOURNE TONIGHT [TV] (AT, 1957-?, 1997-); AUNTY JACK SHOW, THE [TV] (AT, 1972-?); COMEDY COMPANY, THE [TV] (AT, 1988-1990); D-GENERATION [TV] (AT, 1986-?); FAST FORWARD [TV] (AT, 1988-1989?)
Notes: Includes index; "An Allison Pressley book."
ISBN: 0733609384 : $24.95
LON: 14529909

Call No: 79CHA FIR
Author: Firth, Charles; Knight, Dominic; Morrow, Julian; Reucassel, Craig; Taylor, Chris
Source: AT
Place: Melbourne, Vic.
Publisher: Text Publishing
PubDate: 2001
PhysDes: 103 p. : ill. ; 28 cm
Subject: COMEDIES; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; COMEDY PROGRAMMES. AUSTRALIA; COMEDY PROGRAMMES; COMEDY TV. AUSTRALIA; COMEDY TV.AUSTRALIA; CHASER'S WAR ON EVERYTHING, THE [TV] (AT, Mark FitzGerald, Bradley Howard, Craig Melville, 2006); CHASER, THE [TV], (AT, 2001-)
Notes: Vols. for 2007- cataloged as a serial in LC
ISBN: 1877008060
Contents: -- mandatory joke about John Hopoate -- series of lame fat gags dressed up as satirical piece on Kim Beazley -- weak patch where nothing really happens -- really obvious cheap shot at some dead celebrity -- slightly boring piece about US-Sino relations -- predictable joke about Big Brother -- contrived reference to obscure government agency, to indicate we follow politics -- predictable joke about Big Brother (rerprise) --

Call No: SUBJECT CLIPPINGS FILE
PhysDes: Clippings
Subject: COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA

Author: Ogilive, George
PhysDes: Article
Subject: COMEDIES; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; THEATRE AND THE CINEMA; AUDIENCE RECEPTION; FIELDS, W.C.; LEWIS, JERRY; Keaton, Buster; LAUREL, STAN; HARDY, OLIVER; CHAPLIN, CHARLES
Summary: Transcript of a talk given by George Ogilive of the Melbourne Theatre Company, where he discusses basic aspects of comedy including rhythm and timing, as well as criticising the work of Jerry Lewis in his films "Three on a Couch" and "The Patsy.

Call No: 79DIM HIB:
Author: Hibberd, Jack
Source: AT
Place: Harmondsworth, England
Publisher: Penguin Books
PubDate: 1979
PhysDes: 55 p. ; 18cm
Series: Penguin Australian drama
Subject: DRAMAS. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; HIBBERD, JACK; DIMBOOLA (AT, John Duigan, 1979)
Summary: The script of the play Dimboola.
Notes: Issued with Powers, J The last of the knucklemen [Hamondsworth, Eng.1974]
ISBN: 0140700420
Donation: donated by the family of Wayne Levy, 2006

Call No: 71(94) MOR
Author: Moran, Albert; Vieth, Errol
Source: AT
Place: Port Melbourne
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
PubDate: 2006
PhysDes: xii, 219 p. ; 23 cm
Subject: GENRES. AUSTRALIA; ADVENTURE FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ART CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; CRIME FILMS. AUSTRALIA; DETECTIVE FILMS. AUSTRALIA; HORROR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; MUSICALS. AUSTRALIA; SCIENCE-FICTION FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; THRILLERS. AUSTRALIA; YOUNG PEOPLE. AUSTRALIA, FILMS FOR; WOMEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA
Summary: Analyses Australian film from the 1970's in terms of genre.
ISBN: 0816649227

Call No: 71(94) NEW
Author: Murray, Scott, 1951- joint ed; Beilby, Peter. joint ed
Place: West Melbourne, Vic.
Publisher: Nelson
PubDate: 1980
PhysDes: 207p. : ill.(part col.) ; 28 cm
Subject: AUSTRALIA; CHILDREN AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; HORROR FILMS. AUSTRALIA; ACTION FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SOCIAL-REALISM IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA
Notes: Australian cinema films, 1970-1979 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0417831); On cover: foreword by Phillip Adams: introduction by Ken G. Hall; Produced by Cinema Papers, North Melbourne, Vic; Index; Includes bibliographical references
ISBN: 0170055728 : $14.95 Aust
LON: abn95019370; 11368160

Call No: 71(94) DER v.2
Author: Dermody, Susan; Jacka, Elizabeth
Place: Sydney
Publisher: Currency Press
PubDate: 1987-<1988
PhysDes: v. <1-2 > ; 21 cm
Series: Australian screen series
Subject: BUDDY FILMS. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIA; THEORY. AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL IMPERIALISM. AUSTRALIA; CLASS AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL IDENTITY IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA; COMEDIES. AUSTRALIA; WOMEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; MEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; POLITICAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA; SEX IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; REALISM IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN FILM COMMISSION; BREAKER MORANT (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1980); ADVENTURES OF BARRY MCKENZIE, THE (AT, Bruce Beresford, 1972); CAREFUL HE MIGHT HEAR YOU (AT, Carl Schutz, 1983); GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981); MAD MAX (AT, George Miller, 1979); MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, THE (AT, George T. Miller, 1982); MY BROTHER JACK (AT, Gil Brealey, 1965); ALVIN PURPLE (AT, Tim Burstall, 1973); CHANT OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH, THE (AT, Fred Schepisi, 1978); FAR EAST (AT, John Duigan, 1982); F.J. HOLDEN, THE (AT, Michael Thornhill, 1977); HEATWAVE (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1981); KILLING OF ANGEL STREET, THE (AT, Donald Crombie, 1981); MAD MAX II (AT, George Miller, 1981); NEWSFRONT (AT, Phillip Noyce, 1978); PALM BEACH (AT, Albie Thoms, 1979); PHAR LAP (AT, Simon Wincer, 1983); PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (AT, Peter Weir, 1975); SUNDAY TOO FAR AWAY (AT, Ken Hannam, 1975); TOWN LIKE ALICE, A (AT, David Stevens, 1980); WE OF THE NEVER NEVER (AT, Igor Auzins, 1982)
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index
ISBN: 0861911876 (v. 2); 0868191876 (v. 2)
LON: 5369777