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A. R. Harwood
Alexander Roy Harwood (1897–1980), better known as A. R. Harwood, or Dick Harwood, was an Australian film director and producer who also worked in exhibition. He was inspired to become a filmmaker when he was posted to Tahiti to work for an insurance company and watched the shooting of ''Never the Twain Shall Meet (1925 film), Never the Twain Shall Meet'' (1925). He returned to Australia and produced and directed ''The Man Who Forgot (1927 film), The Man Who Forgot'' (1927). Harwood went on to make a number of feature films over the next twenty years. Film historians Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper said of him that "what Harwood lacked in talent as a director, he made up for in perseverance, usually in the face of formidable shortages of finance and equipment." He also worked as an insurance broker, real estate agent, theatre manager and chief executive for the Miss Australia Quest. Harwood was married with one daughter. Credits *''The Man Who Forgot (1927 film), The Man Who Forg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never The Twain Shall Meet (1925 Film)
''Never the Twain Shall Meet'' is a 1925 American silent South Seas drama film based on the book by Peter B. Kyne, produced by MGM and directed by Maurice Tourneur, starring Anita Stewart and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited bit part. It was remade as talking picture in 1931 at MGM by director W. S. Van Dyke. This is one of Tourneur's many lost and sought after films. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Tamea, whose mother was Polynesian and her father French, leaves the island where her father governs and goes with him on a trade trip to San Francisco. When they arrive in port, the health officers find that the father is a leper, and he jumps into the water and is drowned. Tamea is taken to the home of Dan Pritchard, the junior partner of the firm that her father traded through. With his friend Mark Mellenger, Dan tries to show the visiter a good time around town. Although Dan is engaged to Maisie Morrison, a young society woman, his affections are drawn to T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Archives Of Australia
The National Archives of Australia (NAA), formerly known as the Commonwealth Archives Office and Australian Archives, is an Australian Government agency that serves as the national archives of the nation. It collects, preserves and encourages access to important Commonwealth government records. Established under and governed by the ''Archives Act 1983'', its main roles are "to collect and preserve Australia's most valuable government records and encourage their use by the public, and to promote good information management by Commonwealth government agencies, especially in meeting the challenges of the digital age". The NAA also develops exhibitions, publishes books and guides to the collection, and delivers educational programs. History After World War I the Commonwealth National Library (later National Library of Australia) was responsible for collecting Australian Government records. The library appointed its first archives officer in 1944. In March 1961 the Commonwealth A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1897 Births
Events January–March * January 2 – The International Alpha Omicron Pi sorority is founded, in New York City. * January 4 – A British force is ambushed by Chief Ologbosere, son-in-law of the ruler. This leads to a punitive expedition against Benin. * January 7 – A cyclone destroys Darwin, Australia. * January 8 – Lady Flora Shaw, future wife of Governor General Lord Lugard, officially proposes the name "Nigeria" in a newspaper contest, to be given to the British Niger Coast Protectorate. * January 22 – In this date's issue of the journal ''Engineering'', the word ''computer'' is first used to refer to a mechanical calculation device. * January 23 – Elva Zona Heaster is found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia. The resulting murder trial of her husband is perhaps the only capital case in United States history, where spectral evidence helps secure a conviction. * January 31 – The Czechoslovak Trade Union Association is f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film And Sound Archive
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Night Club (1952 Film)
Night Club may refer to: * Nightclub, or discothèque, an entertainment venue * ''The Night Club'', a 1925 silent film * ''The Night Club'' (novel), a 1933 novel by Georges Simenon * ''Night Club'' (novel), a 1945 novel by Peter Cheyney * ''Night Club'' (1952 film), an Australian musical film * ''Night Club'', a 1989 Italian film directed by Sergio Corbucci Sergio Corbucci (; 6 December 1926 – 1 December 1990) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and producer. He directed both very violent Spaghetti Westerns and bloodless Bud Spencer and Terence Hill action comedies. He is the older bro ... * ''Night Club'' (2011 film), an American comedy film * Night Club (band), an American electronic band * ''Night Club'' (Mr. President album), 1997 See also * Nightclub two step (NC2S), a partner dance * Night (other) * Club (other) {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Business (1938 Film)
''Show Business'' is a 1938 Australian film musical directed by A. R. Harwood and starring Bert Matthews. It is considered a 'substantially lost' film, with only rushes from a single minor scene left. Plot Two brothers, Bill and Wally Winter, become infatuated with a gold digger, Nina Bellamy. She persuades them to ask their wealthy father, Sir James, for £10,000 so Bill can produce a stage show and Wally a movie, both starring Nina. Sir James discovers the truth about Nina and gives his son the money, provided they leave town in secret for one month to write their shows and that they only use new talent. Bill goes to a country town and discovers a local amateur group. He buys their show and brings it to the city, where it is a big success. Wally meets a girl from a local film exchange and they decide release an old Australian film with comic commentary. An angry Nina tries to disrupt the preview of the film but fails and it is a big success. Nina then tries to blackmail Sir J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avenger (1937 Film)
''The Avenger'' is a 1937 Australian film directed by A. R. Harwood. Plot A reformed thief marries a wealthy socialite but is haunted by a former accomplice who tries to frame him for murder. Cast *Douglas Stuart as Terry Druton *John Fernside as Max Hart *Karen Greyson as Della, the Maid *Marcia Melville as Gwen *Marshall Crosby as Detective Sergeant O'Neill *George Lloyd as Happy Evans *Raymond Longford as Warren *Pat Twohill as Solicitor Production The movie was produced by New Era Film Productions, a new production company that had been established in Melbourne by Morrell Wright and Cyril J. Turner. A. R. Harwood was director of production. Filming started in October 1937 and took place at Pagewood Studios in Sydney, while some exterior filming took place at Parramatta. Release The movie was ready for trade preview by 17 December 1937 and was distributed in Australia by Atlas Films. It only achieved limited release. However the film was sold to Columbia for release in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pearl Lust
''Pearl Lust'' is a 1936 Australian film directed by A. R. Harwood. It was shot in 16mm and was never released theatrically as it was aimed at the home movie market. Production The movie was a South Seas romance, shot on location in Portsea and at Cinesound Production's studio in St Kilda. Filming took place in August and September 1936. It was the first film produced under quota requirements in Victoria. Cast *Fay Revel *John Bowden *George Edwards *Lance Nicholls *Fred McNaughten *George Arthur References External links''Pearl Lust''at National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national co ... 1936 films Australian black-and-white films {{Australian-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secret Of The Skies
''The Secret of the Skies'' is a 1934 Australian film directed by A. R. Harwood about a bank robber who crashes an aircraft in remote bush. The story was inspired by the 1931 disappearance of the Australian National Airways aircraft the ''Southern Cloud''. Plot Hal Wayne (Norman Shepherd), a bank clerk, has absconded with £10,000 of his bank's money. He hijacks an aircraft, the ''Golden Eagle'', which crashes in the mountains. Wayne steals the remaining food and abandons the others to their death. He is driven half-mad in the wilderness and throws away his money before being found by a prospector and returned to civilisation. But he is haunted by guilt and three years later confesses to police. Cast * Paul Allsop as Larry Hamilton * Norman Banks as first announcer * Ella Bromley as Anne Walters * John D'Arcy as Captain Sinclair * Jimmy Dee as Monty Wright * Guy Hastings as Detective Palmer * Fred Patey as Frederick Holtz * Norman Shepherd as Hal Wayne * Ada Koradgi as Miss Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Who Forgot (1927 Film)
''The Man Who Forgot'' is a 1927 silent Australian feature film which marked the directorial debut of A. R. Harwood. It is considered a lost film. Production Little is known about the movie apart from the fact it was a low-budget melodrama shot outdoors to save on studio costs. The story included scenes at the Ascot racecourse in Melbourne, a fight on the brink of the Werribee Gorge, timber felling in the Dandenong Rangers, and an escape by the hero in an aeroplane at the Essendon Aerodrome.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p141 Release Harwood distributed the film himself in partnership with his leading actors Nicholls and Hallam. They showed it on a double bill with ''Jewelled Nights ''Jewelled Nights'' is a 1925 Australian silent film directed by the film star Louise Lovely in collaboration with her husband Wilton Welch. Only part of the film survives today. Synopsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isle Of Intrigue
''Isle of Intrigue'' is a 1931 Australian film directed by A. R. Harwood. It was one of the first Australian talking movies. Plot The pearling schooners of a trading firm are being robbed by a mysterious pirate. The son of the owner of the firm (James Alexander) goes to the South Pacific island of Avita to investigate and uncover the pirate's identity, vindicating a man who has been unjustly accused. He also has a romance. Cast * James Alexander * Helene Best * John Cairns * Darcy Kelway * Norman Shepherd * Dorothy Stanward Production The film was filmed and released simultaneously with ''Spur of the Moment'' (1931), using many of the same cast and crew.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p154 Reception Reviews were generally positive. References External links * ''Isle of Intrigue''at National Film and Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spur Of The Moment (1931 Film)
''Spur of the Moment'' is a 1931 Australian film directed by A. R. Harwood. It was one of the first Australian talking movies. Plot A wealthy socialite, Claire Rutherford (Beatrice Touzeau), visits her former lover, Tony Iredale (James Alexander), one night. The next day Tony is arrested for the murder of a bookmaker the night before. In order to protect Claire's reputation, Tony remains silent. However a Scotland Yard detective in Melbourne on holiday (William Green) manages to trap the killer. Production Harwood had attempted to make Australia's first talking movie, ''Out of the Shadows'' in 1931 but been unable to complete it. However he managed to secure backing from a Melbourne businessman to fund two low-budget films, this and '' Isle of Intrigue'' (1931) made in an old factory at 61 Stanley St West Melbourne which had been converted into a sound studio. The story was written by Melbourne playwright Betty Roland using the name "Betty Davies".Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
