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book		CILECT : list of important Australian films / compiled by Denny Lawrence [North Ryde, NSW?]: Australian Film and Television School, [1980?]. Call No: 675.1(94) LAW Author: Lawrence, Denny Source: AT Place: [North Ryde, NSW?] Publisher: Australian Film and Television School PubDate: [1980?] PhysDes: 60 leaves : 30 cm Subject: 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 1980 Contents: 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 More info
book		Focus on reel Australia : a collection of early Australian feature films / presented by the Australian Council of Government Film Libraries in association with the National Film & Soung Archive Hendon, S. Aust.: Australian Council of Government Film Libraries, 1990. Call No: 71(94) FOC CorpAuthor: Australian Council of Government Film Libraries; National Film and Sound Archive (Australia) Place: Hendon, S. Aust. Publisher: Australian Council of Government Film Libraries PubDate: 1990 PhysDes: 64 p. : ill. ; 30 cm Subject: AUSTRALIA; BREAKING OF THE DROUGHT, THE (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1920); DEVIL'S PLAYGROUND, THE (AT, Victor Bindley, 1928); ENEMY WITHIN, THE (AT, Rowland Stavely, 1918); FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE (AT, Norman Dawn, 1927); GIRL OF THE BUSH, A (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1921); HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS (AT, F.W. Thring, 1932); MAN FROM KANGAROO, THE (AT, Wilfred Lucas, 1920); ON OUR SELECTION (AT, Raymond Longford, 1920); SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, Raymond Longford, 1919); PAINTED DAUGHTERS (AT, F. Stuart-Whyte, 1925); STORY OF THE KELLY GANG, THE (AT, Charles Tait, 1906); ROBBERY UNDER ARMS (AT, Kenneth Brampton, 1920); SILKS AND SADDLES (AT, John K. Wells, 1921); NATION IS BUILT, A (AT, Frank Hurley, 1937); PEARLS AND SAVAGES (AT, Frank Hurley, 1921); CHEATERS, THE (AT, Paulette McDonagh, 1930); HERO OF THE DARDANELLES, THE (AT, Alfred Rolfe, 1915); HOME OF THE BLIZZARD (AT, Frank Hurley, 1913) Notes: Includes bibliographies ISBN: 0730817245 : price unknown LON: abn90241521; 7460866 More info
title clippings file		GIRL OF THE BUSH, A : (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1921) Call No: TITLE CLIPPINGS FILE PhysDes: Stills Subject: GIRL OF THE BUSH, A (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1921) More info
still		[Girl of the bush, a : stills file] Call No: TITLE STILLS AUSTRALIA Source: AT PhysDes: 3 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 22 cm + 1 transparency: col. ; 6 x 10 cm Subject: GIRL OF THE BUSH, A (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1921) Summary: Three black and white photographs and one colour transparency relating to the silent film 'A girl of the bush' featuring New Zealand actress Vera James. More info
book		The spectacular modern woman : Feminine visibility in the 1920s / Liz Conor Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, 2004. Call No: 451 02 "192" CON Author: Conor, Liz Edition: 1st ed. Source: USA Place: Bloomington, Indiana Publisher: Indiana University Press PubDate: 2004 PhysDes: 334 p. : b+w ill. ; 23 cm Subject: WOMEN AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN IN FILMS; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA; WOMEN, FILMS FOR; PROSTITUTES IN FILMS; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA; HISTORY AND THE CINEMA; MEDIA; TECHNOLOGY AND THE CINEMA; SOCIETY AND THE CINEMA; PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE CINEMA; ADVERTISING; CARTOONS; CELEBRITIES IN FILMS; IMPERIALISM AND THE CINEMA; FASHION AND THE CINEMA; MODERNISM AND THE CINEMA; RACIAL ISSUES AND THE CINEMA; DE BEAUVOIR, SIMONE; KELLERMAN, ANNETTE; VALENTINO, RUDOLPH; LYELL, LOTTIE; MOTH OF MOONBI, THE (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1926); GIRL OF THE BUSH, A (AT, Franklyn Barrett, 1921); FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE (AT, Norman Dawn, 1927); SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, Raymond Longford, 1919); GREENHIDE (AT, Charles Chauvel, 1926) Summary: In The Spectacular Modern Woman, Liz Conor illustrates how technological advances in image reproduction transformed Wetter industrial societies into visual or ‘oculacentric’ cultures with significant and complex consequences for women’s lives. With the rise of mass media, Conor shows how women’s identities were intimately tied to the visual culture of the day. [Taken from back cover]. ISBN: 0253216702 More info

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