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MELBOURNE MAKES GOOD!!! • WALTZING MATILDA (1933), • KING KUT COMEDIES, #1 (1930), • THE PAINTER (1968), • WALTZING MATILDA (1933)
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3rd. Quartile
JULY
ON THE FIRST MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH
(except JANUARYs!)
a community FilmEdSoc project,
WE CONTROL THE CONTENT
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Unusual films of discernment, still presented in convivial surroundings!
ALL PRESENTED ON
GROOVY 16 MILLIMETRE FILM!
the back room
714 NICHOLSON (CNR. SCOTCHMER) STREET,
NORTH FITZROY
splodgeburger@ yahoo.com
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3rd. Quartile
JULY
AD 2007
MONDAY 02nd
Registration: 7.30 - 8.00 pm
Screening: >>>>> 8.00 (*EIGHT*!!!! ) pm <<<<<
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TONIGHT! -
MELBOURNE MAKES GOOD!!!
TONIGHT! -
MELBOURNE MAKES GOOD!!!
• KING KUT COMEDIES, #1,
(1930)
A THEDA BARA pic - JUST FOR FUN! THEDA BARA PIC - JUST FOR FUN!
A farcical silent comedy in which King Kut of Port Melbourne wages war on the Czar of Carlton!
Highly theatrical performances include an "Egyptian" BUSBY BERKELEY routine by King Kut's daughters and their handmaidens in the Botanic Gardens!
One of the last silent "features" made in Australia. Prod Co: Royce Films. Dir: F.W. Thring (Snr). 46mins. ALC
• THE PAINTER,
(1968)
Sebastian the Fox enters an artist's studio and does some painting himself, while the
artist and his model are having tea. He is made to clear up the mess he makes and told to leave, but Sebastian has his revenge! (If memory serves us right, this is the Sebastian the Fox film which features a cameo from BARRY HUMPHRIES - Can't say if that's a good thing or not!) Prod Co: Eltham Films. Prod: Patrick Ryan. Dir: TIM BURSTALL. Phot: GIORGIO MANGIAMELE. Puppets: PETER SCRIVEN (TINTOOKIES). Mus: GEORGE DREYFUS. 11 mins. ALC
followed by:
• WALTZING MATILDA,
(1933)
PAT (GEORGE PATRICK) HANNA, (1888-1973), entertainer, was born on 18 March 1888 at Whitianga, New Zealand, son of Patrick Hanna, hotelkeeper,
of Downpatrick, Ireland, and his wife Mary Jane, née Carnie, of Sandhurst (Bendigo), Victoria. He was educated at Wanganui High School. A talent for drawing led to a signwriting apprenticeship, and he worked as a cartoonist in Wellington on the Free Lance while conducting a commercial art and signwriting business. He was also a champion diver.
On 15 August 1914, Hanna enlisted as a private in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, in the Samoan Advance Party which took over the German Territory. In March 1916 he left for Europe in the Otago Regiment. By 1918, he held the rank of lieutenant. At the end of the war, Hanna was appointed recreational and entertainment officer for the New Zealand division which was part of the army of occupation. He introduced a new game,
'Batinton', an adaptation of badminton.
More importantly, he organized the DIGGERS CONCERT PARTY, writing, acting in and producing the shows. Led by Hanna, they performed in France, England and North America. In 1919, they toured New Zealand, and, in 1920, appeared in the principal Australian cities for J. C. Williamson Ltd.
Augmented by Australian soldier talent, they called themselves THE DIGGERS or PAT HANNA'S FAMOUS DIGGERS, and toured Australasia for the next ten years. The Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane, and Arcadia, an open-air theatre on the Esplanade, St
Kilda, in Melbourne, were notable venues. Hanna's shows were noted for their topical, witty writing, which was never risqué at a time when 'blue' humour was popular! His versatile characterizations and lightning sketching were among the main attractions. On 8 April 1922, at St Kilda, Hanna married Jessie Meadows, who, with her sister Hilda, formed a musical 'sister act' in the show.
Pat Hanna’s screenplay, THE DIGGERS, involving the comic adventures of Chic and Joe, and based on sketches used in the Diggers stage show, was used for the first film (1931) to come out of Melbourne-based Efftee Film Productions - founded by F.W.Thring (Snr).
Hanna typified the ideal digger in his stage and screen characterizations. Initially, the film did not receive large audiences, (but its popularity in country towns ensured a successful resurgence in following years).
After parting ways with Thring, Hanna formed his own production unit, and, in 1933, he made DIGGERS IN BLIGHTY, in which, Chic and Joe, while serving in France in 1918, abscond with rum from the quartermaster's store, and WALTZING MATILDA, where Chic and Joe become involved in a series of misunderstandings over the claiming of an inheritance. The 'Coral Brown' credited in the cast could actually be the late Australian actress (and MRS. VINCENT PRICE!) CORAL BROWNE, who was acting in cinematograph films in the 1930s in Britain and Australia, including the GEORGE WALLACE comedy LET GEORGE DO IT (1940), so we'll be keeping an eye peeled for that distinctively aquiline nose, and'll let the IMDB know, if it looks like it's the one-and-the-same's! Although popular, the films were not box-office
successes, largely because of distribution problems.
Hanna also made gramophone records of his humourous monologues, including THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO CRICKET, and MADEMOISELLE FROM ARMENTIÈRES. In 1934 he went overseas promoting the films and discs. In the US, he was called the 'Down Under Will Rogers'. During World War II, Hanna invented an igniter for petrol grenades, became an honorary bomb instructor, and devised a bomb training manual! In 1937, he even broadcast on 3LO (Melbourne).
After the war, he resumed his 'Batinton' promotion and, in 1961, took
it to England, where he and his wife settled. The last twelve years of his life were devoted to his interest in the Scottish Hanna (Hannay) clan and his successful efforts to help to secure its ruined ancestral home, Scorbie Tower, in Galloway. He died at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, on 24 October 1973, survived by his wife, a son and a daughter, Pattie. His portrait, by Esther Paterson, is held by the family. Sources: Mimi Colligan. Prod Co: Pat Hanna Film Productions. Dir: Pat Hanna. Assoc. Dir: RAYMOND LONGFORD. Phot: Arthur Higgins. Scr: Pat Hanna, Jack McLeod, George Breston. Cast: Pat Hanna, Joe Valli, Field Fisher, Norman French, Dorothy Parnham, Joan Lang, Coral Brown, Nellie Mortyne, Jos Ambler, Dora Mostyn, Bill Innes. 80 mins. Print courtesy of the National Film & Sound Archive.
Minor programme changes may occur due to unforseen circumstances.
Feature runs last; shorts order may vary from listing.
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Feature runs last; shorts order may vary from listing.
* Acknowledging ACMI Inc. & ScreenSound Australia ;) *
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ADMISSION IS RESTRICTED TO MEMBERS FOR THIS PROGRAMME
THIS IS A FILM SOCIETY SCREENING OPEN TO MEMBERS
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