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Norman Kaye
Norman James Kaye (17 January 1927 – 28 May 2007) was an Australian actor and musician. He was best known for his roles in the films of director Paul Cox. Early life and education Kaye was born in Melbourne and won a scholarship to study at Geelong Grammar School. His parents were distant, and both died early, his mother in a psychiatric hospital. Musician Kaye's musical abilities were noticed by A. E. Floyd, the organist of St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne, who gave him free tuition in recognition of his potential as an organist. Kaye travelled to France to study the organ with Pierre Cochereau at Notre Dame de Paris and he won a Premier Prix for conducting at the Nice Conservatoire. Caulfield Grammar School He was the choirmaster and the music teacher at Caulfield Grammar School from 1958 to 1977, during which time he " aidthe foundation for he school's… high reputation on the world of music nd it was hisenthusiasm and constructive knowledge hatmade choral singing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melbourne
Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a metropolitan area known as Greater Melbourne, comprising an urban agglomeration of 31 local municipalities, although the name is also used specifically for the local municipality of City of Melbourne based around its central business area. The metropolis occupies much of the northern and eastern coastlines of Port Phillip Bay and spreads into the Mornington Peninsula, part of West Gippsland, as well as the hinterlands towards the Yarra Valley, the Dandenong and Macedon Ranges. It has a population over 5 million (19% of the population of Australia, as per 2021 census), mostly residing to the east side of the city centre, and its inhabitants are commonly referred to as "Melburnians". The area of Melbourne has been home to Aboriginal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innocence (2000 Film)
''Innocence'' is a 2000 Australian film directed by Paul Cox. The film deals with the story of two separated lovers who meet again accidentally after decades and fall in love again. The film was lauded by critics and was one of Cox's most successful films commercially."Interview with Paul Cox" ''Signet''. 13 January 2001. Retrieved 18 November 2012 Cast * Julia Blake as Claire * as Andreas Borg * Kristine Van Pellicom a ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Angry General
''The Angry General'' is a 1964 Australian television play written by Australian author Allan Trevor. Premise The play is set in London in the present day. Former wartime minister, Lord Athol Medway, publishes his memoirs attacking the leadership of Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt in the war during a disastrous commando raid. Barrington-Hunt sets out to clear his name. Cast *Raymond Westwell as Major-General Forbes Barrington-Hunt *Edward Howell (actor), Edward Howell as Lord Athol Medway *Williams Lloyd as Sir Geoffrey Bryson *Norman Kaye as Major Derek Barrington-Hunt *Joan Letch as Jane Barrington-Hunt *Dorothy Bradley (actress), Dorothy Bradley as Elizabeth Barrington-Hunt *Joan MacArthur (actress), Joan MacArthur as Miriam Barrington-Hunt *Campbell Copelin as Gen George Chaesling *Douglas Kelly (actor), Douglas Kelly as Dobson *Kenrick Hudson as Dickie *Raymond O'Reilly as Hodge *Neville Thurgood as Benbow *Christine Calcutt as sister Production It was one of 20 TV play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Can't Win 'Em All (1962 Film)
''You Can't Win 'Em All'' is a 1962 Australian television play directed by Patrick Barton. Filmed in London, it was based on a play by Alun Owen which had been previously filmed by the BBC in 1962. ''Filmink'' called it "a light-hearted comedy adventure closer to a 1940s Humphrey Bogart movie at Warner Bros, complete with colourful support characters, sexy dames and a backlot third world setting." Premise British wireless operator Corrigan Blake is stranded in Jamaica. In a bar, he receives an offer to help repair a radio for some revolutionaries in a South American company. Corrigan agrees on the proviso he is paid one thousand dollars. Corrigan visits the revolutionary compound, under the command of Feliz and Feliz's sister Anna Maria. Feliz is kidnapped by soldiers led by Manuel Selasco, who once loved Anna Maria. Corrigan decides to rescue him by pretending to be a traitor. Corrigan succeeds in rescuing Feliz and capturing Selasco. Feliz decides not to kill Selasco in ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fury In Petticoats
''Fury in Petticoats'' is a 1962 television play broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was directed by Christopher Muir. It was based on a play which had been filmed by British TV the year before. Although fictional, the plot is based on a historical incident in 1836, when naturalist Charles Darwin brought to England four natives from the island of Tierra del Fuego, near South America. Some changes were made from historical fact - the Fugeia was older. Plot The Reverend William Dill, his wife Augusta and daughter Anne are preparing to meet the curate Edward Parslowe and his friend Charles Darwin for dinner. Edward loves Anne but Augusta wants her daughted to meet Charles Darwin. Darwin talks about a native girl, Fuegia, they have brought bac. Anne decides to attempt to convert her to Christianity. (played by Kay Kelton) goes to live in an English country vicarage. Cast * Lola Brooks as Anne Dill *Michael Duffield as Rev. William Dill *Norman Kaye Norman J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Joanna
''The First Joanna'' is a 1943 play by Dorothy Blewett that was adapted for radio and television. Plot An English girl called Joanna marries an Australian wine-grower and moves to his family home in South Australia. She does not like it and is about to leave when she discovers the diary of the first Joanna who built the home during colonial times. Production history The play won a competition in 1947. The play was adapted for radio in 1948 at the ABC. The production starred English actor Jane Barrett, who was in Australia to star in ''Eureka Stockade''. The play was performed at May Hollinworth's Metropolitan Theatre in 1948, starring John Bushelle, Lynne Murphy, Betty Lucas, Wanda Herbert, Marcel Wattel, Lola Sweeney as the first Joanna and Dinah Shearing as the second Joanna. 1961 television adaptation The play was filmed in 1961 by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It was directed by Christopher Muir. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. The ABC also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Move Records
Move Records is an Australian record label that was started in 1968 by Martin Wright. It concentrates primarily in classical and jazz music, particularly Australian, and most frequently Melbourne-based musicians and composers. Artists Composers include Julian Yu, George Dreyfus, John Sangster, Eve Duncan, Percy Grainger, Mark Clement Pollard, Brenton Broadstock, Tony Gould, Peter Sculthorpe, Cezary Skubiszewski, David Joseph, Marshall-Hall, Nigel Westlake, Carl Vine, David Chisholm (composer), Larry Sitsky, Kanako Okamoto, Andrew Ford, Andrew Byrne, Thomas Reiner (composer), Christian Heim and others. Classical artists include Michael Kieran Harvey, Douglas Lawrence, Elizabeth Anderson, John O'Donnell, Jocqueline Ogiel, La Romanesca, Robert Ampt, Gerald English, Genevieve Lacey, Peter Carroll-Held, Ian Holtham, Miwako Abe, Ronald Farren-Price, Ian King, Sonny Chua, re-sound, Amy Johansen, Norman Kaye, Collusion and others. Jazz artists include Tony Gould, Bob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elke Neidhardt
Elke Cordelia Neidhardt AM (5 July 194125 November 2013) was a German Australian actress and opera and theatre director. She appeared in theatre, television and feature films in Germany, Austria, France and Australia, and directed operas in Zurich, Amsterdam, Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg, Vienna, Cologne and Australia. She is best known in Australia for directing operas with Opera Australia, and most particularly for directing the first full modern Australian production of Richard Wagner's ''Ring Cycle'', in Adelaide in 2004. Career Elke Neidhardt was born in Stuttgart. She graduated from the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, and later directed operas in Zurich, Amsterdam, Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg and Vienna. Elke also made two films in Germany ''Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für Erwachsene'' (1963) and the Jerry Cotton thriller '' Mordnacht in Manhattan'' (1965). She married an Australian and moved to Melbourne. In 1967 she played Dr. Anna Steiner, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include problems with language, disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and behavioral issues. As a person's condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society. Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death. Although the speed of progression can vary, the typical life expectancy following diagnosis is three to nine years. The cause of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood. There are many environmental and genetic risk factors associated with its development. The strongest genetic risk factor is from an allele of APOE. Other risk factors include a history of head injury, clinical depression, and high blood pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biographical Film
A biographical film or biopic () is a film that dramatizes the life of a non-fictional or historically-based person or people. Such films show the life of a historical person and the central character's real name is used. They differ from docudrama films and historical drama films in that they attempt to comprehensively tell a single person's life story or at least the most historically important years of their lives. Context Biopic scholars include George F. Custen of the College of Staten Island and Dennis P. Bingham of Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis. Custen, in ''Bio/Pics: How Hollywood Constructed Public History'' (1992), regards the genre as having died with the Hollywood studio era, and in particular, Darryl F. Zanuck. On the other hand, Bingham's 2010 study ''Whose Lives Are They Anyway? The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre'' shows how it perpetuates as a codified genre using many of the same tropes used in the studio era that has followed a simil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moulin Rouge!
''Moulin Rouge!'' (, ) is a 2001 jukebox musical romantic drama film directed, co-produced, and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. It follows a young English poet, Christian, who falls in love with the star of the Moulin Rouge, cabaret actress and courtesan Satine. The film uses the musical setting of the Montmartre Quarter of Paris and is the final part of Luhrmann's "Red Curtain Trilogy," following '' Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) and ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996). A co-production of Australia and the United States, it stars Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor. John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent, and Richard Roxburgh feature in supporting roles. ''Moulin Rouge!'' premiered at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and was released in theaters on 18 May 2001 in North America and on 25 May 2001 in Australia. The film was praised for Luhrmann's direction, the performances of the cast, its soundtrack, costume design, and production values. It was also a commercial success, grossing $179.2 million on a $50 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
