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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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Australian film studies : Efftee Productions / by Ina Bertrand Bundoora, Vic.: Centre for the Study of Educational Communication and Media, La Trobe University, 1977.
Call No: 19EFF BERAuthor: Bertrand, Ina, 1939 CorpAuthor: La Trobe University. Centre for the Study of Educational Communication and MediaPlace: Bundoora, Vic.Publisher: Centre for the Study of Educational Communication and Media, La Trobe UniversityPubDate: 1977PhysDes: 26p. ; 30cmSeries: Media Centre papers ; 7Subject: EFFTEE STUDIO ; THRING, F.W. ; DIGGERS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1931) ; TICKET IN TATTS, A (AT, F. W. Thring, 1934) ; HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1932) ; CLARA GIBBINGS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1934) ; HARMONY ROW (AT, F.W. Thring, 1933) ; STREETS OF LONDON (AT, F.W. Thring, 1935) ; SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, F.W. Thring, 1932) ; CO-RESPONDENT'S COURSE (AT, E.A. Dietrich-Derrick, 1931) ; HAUNTED BARN, THE (AT, E.A. Dietrich-Derrick, 1931) ; DIGGERS IN BLIGHTY (AT, Pat Hanna, 1933) Notes: Bibliography: p.16ISBN: 0858161141 : unpricedLON: 1653335 1622627
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The Australian screen : a pictorial history of Australian film making / [by] Eric Reade Melbourne: Lansdowne, 1975.
Call No: 71(94) REACopy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2Author: Reade, Eric, 1912-1978 Place: MelbournePublisher: LansdownePubDate: 1975PhysDes: 308 p. : ill. ; 27 x 34 cmSubject: AUSTRALIA ; AUSTRALIA. 1895-1930 ; HISTORY OF TV. AUSTRALIA ; HALL, KEN G. ; CHAUVEL, CHARLES ; LONGFORD, RAYMOND ; SMITH, BEAUMONT ; THRING, F.W. ; THOMPSON, JACK ; HIGGINS, ARTHUR ; HURLEY, FRANK ; RAFFERTY, CHIPS ; SPENCER, CHARLES COZENS ; EFFTEE STUDIO ; FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE (AT, Norman Dawn, 1927) ; DIGGERS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1931) ; ON OUR SELECTION (AT, Raymond Longford, 1920) ; SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, Raymond Longford, 1919) Notes: Australian cinema films, 1896-1974 (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0101729); Index; Parts of the text and some of the photographs in this volume were first published in "Australian silent films: a pictorial history, 1896-1929' and "The talkies era: a pictorial history of Australian sound film making, 1930-1960' by the same authorISBN: 0701803193 : $15.00 AustLON: anb70180319; 791305
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The two Frank Thrings / by Peter Fitzpatrick Clayton, Vic: Monash University Publishing, c2012.
Call No: 81THR FITAuthor: Fitzpatrick, Peter Source: ATPlace: Clayton, VicPublisher: Monash University PublishingPubDate: c2012PhysDes: ix, 564 p. : ill., ports. ; 25 cmSubject: AUSTRALIA ; ACTORS. AUSTRALIA ; EFFTEE STUDIO ; THRING, FRANK ; THRING, F.W. [Francis William, 1883-1936] Summary: "They shared a name, of course, and their physical resemblance was startling. And both Frank Thrings were huge figures in the landscape of twentieth-century Australian theatre and film. But in many ways they could hardly have been more different. Frank Thring the father (1882-1936) began his career as a sideshow conjuror, and he wheeled, dealed and occasionally married his way into becoming the legendary 'F.T' - impresario, speculator and owner of Efftee Films, Australia's first 'talkies' studio. He built for himself an image of grand patriarchal respectability, a sizeable fortune, and all the makings of a dynasty. Frank Thring the son (1926-1994) squandered the fortune and derailed the dynasty in the course of creating his own persona - a unique presence that could make most stages and foyers seem small. He won fame playing tyrants in togas in Hollywood blockbusters, then, suddenly, came home to Melbourne to play perhaps his finest role - that of Frank Thring, actor and personality extraordinaire. Central to this role was that Frank the son was unapologetically and outrageously gay.
Peter Fitzpatrick's compelling dual biography tells the story of two remarkable characters. It's a kind of detective story, following the tracks of two men who did all they could to cover their tracks, and to conceal 'the self' : Frank the father used secrecy and sleight-of-hand as strategies for self-protection; Frank the son masked a thoroughly reclusive personality with flamboyant self-parody. It's also the tale of a lost relationship - and of the power a father may have had, even over a son who hardly knew him." -- BOOK JACKETNotes: Includes index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Also available onlineISBN: 9781921867248Contents: -- acknowledgments -- author's note -- part one: Frank the father -- this man's father -- the great dexter -- the operator -- the general manager -- the speculator -- the impresario -- the legacy -- part two: Frank the son -- the succession -- he that plays the Thring -- these foolish Thrings -- return of the prodigal -- Frankly Thring -- a Thring of shreds and patches -- my father's son -- Efftee Filmography -- Index --
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