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Jenny (Australian TV Film)
''Jenny'' is a 1962 Australian TV drama. Plot Jenny is a 16-year-old girl whose father Roger, an actor, and mother Margaret, a television personality, have been separated for 15 months. Jenny has a boyfriend, Michael, a law student. Margaret tells Jenny she has met a Melbourne businessman, Rex Porter, that she wants to marry. This sends Jenny out looking for her father and boyfriend. She winds up at a party at Kings Cross being held by beatniks. She gets a cab driver to take her to The Gap where she intends on committing suicide. However the cab driver talks her out of it and takes Jenny home to her father. Roger returns and he and Margaret realise how troubled Jenny is. They decide to try again for her sake. Cast *Carolyn Keely as Jenny *Joan Winchester as Margaret Playford *James Condon as Roger Playford * Grant Taylor as Rex Porter *David Yorston as Michael *Lex Mitchell as the beatnik *Tony Carere, Joan Morrow and Kerry Collins as beatniks ''Hunger of a Girl'' The play a ...
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The Teeth Of The Wind
''The Teeth of the Wind'' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was written by John Cameron who had written '' Outpost'' (1959) which had screened on American television. It was shot in Melbourne and set in Africa and concerns local politics. Plot In a new African republic, Zambotu, a United Nations force holds the elected president and vice president in protective custody under the responsibility of an Australian officer Frank Andrews, who is leading a United Nations Command. The officer romances Dr Pearson, makes friends with some people experienced with Africa (Kurt Ludescher and Mary Ward), and meets President Ngimba (Keith Eden). Ngimba is English educated and was voted into power by a large majority. The colonists favor the vice president, Kurobe. Ngimba and Kurobe are held in protective custody following clashes between supporters of both. Andrews hears arguments from his friends, Peter and Mary Vender, experienc ...
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming
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1960s Australian Television Plays
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ...
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1962 Television Plays
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ...
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List Of Television Plays Broadcast On Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)
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Patricia Hooker
''Patricia Hooker'' (17 February 1933 – 2001) was an Australian writer who worked extensively in England. She wrote for TV, radio and the stage. She wrote ''The Golden Road'', the first play on British television that was both written by a woman and about a lesbian relationship. Biography She grew up in the town of Port Lincoln in South Australia and trained as a stenographer. She began writing in her spare time and her work began appearing in amateur theatres. She worked as a secretary at the Stevedoring Commission in Sydney and also as a court reporter. Hooker was working as a shorthand typist in a city office in 1959 when she wrote the story for ''The Little Woman'' at home in the evenings. She wrote it as a stage play and it was included in a night of one-act plays at the Genesian Theatre. To help it reach a wider audience, Patricia studied a book on TV technique and decided to revise the script as a TV play. The ABC produced it in 1961 by which time she was at the ABC as a ...
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The Hobby Horse (film)
''The Hobby Horse'' is a 1962 Australian television play which aired on ABC. Broadcast live, it was a drama set on a grazing property in northern New South Wales about a rodeo rider. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. It was one of a series of six Australian plays produced by the ABC in 1962. The others were: *''Boy Round the Corner'' *''The House of Mancello'' *''Funnel Web'' *''The Teeth of the Wind'' *''Jenny (Australian TV film), Jenny'' Plot Billy Brocknell gets a job breaking horses on a large property. His former wife, Margaret, is now married to the older property owner. The two meet for the first time since their marriage was annulled by their parents. Cast *Wynn Roberts (actor), Wynn Roberts - Billy *Lynn Flanagan - Margaret *Kenneth Goodlet, Ken Goodlet *Douglas Kelly (actor), Douglas Kelly *Neil Curnow (actor), Neil Curnow *Bill Bennett (actor), Bill Bennett *Rose Du Clos *Carole Potter *Ron Pinnell *David Mitchell (Australian actor), David Mitchell ...
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Funnel Web
''Funnel Web'' is a 1962 Australian TV play starring Grant Taylor and written by Phillip Grenville Mann. It screened on the ABC and was a suspense drama. Plot A Canadian woman, Nina, is searching for her husband, Max Godfrey, who deserted her years ago. She finds him living in Sydney. Max has also defrauded his business partner. He decides to take steps to get rid of both his ex-wife and former business partner. Cast *Grant Taylor as Max Godfrey *Diana Davidson as Nina Godfrey *Wendy Playfair as Nina Godfrey * Alastair Duncan as Paul Charlton * Phillipa Baker as Marion Westlake * Mary Mackay as Miss Wetherby *Stewart Ginn as Dt Sgt Lundy *Ken Hacker as Gleeson 1956 British TV version It was based on a story by Phillip Grenville Mann. He originally wrote it as a 30-minute TV play for British TV called "Dead or Alive". This aired in 1956 as part of the anthology series ''Theatre Royal'', hosted by Lilli Palmer. The episode starred Australian actor Ron Randell and was directed by D ...
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Henri Safran
Henri Safran (born 7 October 1932) is a Paris-born director who worked extensively in Australia. He worked in French television, then in Britain, before moving to Australia in 1960 to work with the ABC. He became an Australian citizen in 1963 but returned to England in 1966 to work on British television. He returned to Australia again in the mid-1970s.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 306.Margaret Smith, "Henri Safran talks about Norman Loves Rose", ''Cinema Papers'', October 1982 p409 -412 Select credits *''Jenny'' (1962) (TV movie) *''A Season in Hell'' (1964) (TV movie) *''A Sound of Trumpets'' (1964) (TV movie) *'' Storm Boy'' (1976) *'' Listen to the Lion'' (1977) *''Golden Soak'' (1979) (mini-series) *''Norman Loves Rose'' (1982) *''Bush Christmas'' (1983) *''The Edge of Power'' (1987) *''The Rogue Stallion ''The Rogue Stallion'' is a 1990 Australian television fil ...
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The House Of Mancello
''The House of Mancello'' is a 1962 Australian TV drama shot in Melbourne about a new Australian family. It was one of a series of six Australian plays produced by the ABC in 1962. The others were: *''Boy Round the Corner'' *''Funnel Web'' *''The Teeth of the Wind'' *''The Hobby Horse'' *''Jenny'' Plot An Italian immigrant family, the Mancellos, have a dress manufacturing business which is in trouble. They import Joe, a dress designer relative from Italy to make changes (to turn the place into a fashion shop) which Mamma Mancello resents. Daughter Lucia is more receptive but not keen on Joe's ideas. She wants to sell the business to help her Australian boyfriend. Cast *Moira Carleton as Mama Mancello *Elizabeth Goodman as Lucia Mancello *Mark Kelly as Joe *Campbell Copelin *Roly Barlee *Joan Harris *Diana Bell *Carol Potter *Margaret Browne *Brenda Beddison *Pat McLean Production Chris Gardner was a housewife who began writing ten years before this aired. Her play '' The Pub a ...
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Boy Round The Corner
''Boy Round the Corner'' is an Australian film which aired in 1962. Broadcast live on ABC, it was set in Sydney but produced in Melbourne. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. The archival status of the film is not known, given the wiping of the era. Plot Gerry Lacey, the son of a shoemaker, attempts to rob a taxi. The taxi crashes, killing the driver and injuring Gerry. He then appears in the living room of a cafe owner he is friendly with, Nev Hallors. Nev owns a cafe in Erskineville and regards Gerry and his sister Sue like his own children. Shannon is the brother of the driver who was killed. Carrie is Gerry's society girlfriend. Cast *Paul Karo as Gerry Lacey *Annette Andre as Carrie *Keith Eden – Nev Hallors *Norman Kaye as Shannon *Fay Kelton as Sue *Frederick Parslow *Roma Johnston Production It was based on a script by short story writer Greg Bunbury. It was the first of six TV plays by Australian writers which the ABC made in 1962. The show was shot ...
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