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Pacific Banana
''Pacific Banana'' is a 1981 Australian bawdy comedy film which reunites the star and writer of ''Alvin Purple''. at National Film and Sound Archive Plot Martin is a pilot who sneezes whenever he is aroused and loses an erection. He works for an airline owned by Sir Harry Blandings, whose wife tries to seduce Martin but then claims he made a move on her. Blandings sacks him but gets him a job at broken down Banana Airlines, where he flies with handsome Paul, who sleeps around despite being engaged to two sexy airline hostesses, Sally and Mandy. Martin makes seve ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John D
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died c. AD 30), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (lived c. AD 30), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Hopgood
Alan John Hopgood AM (29 September 1934 – 19 March 2022), also known as Alan Hopwood, was an Australian actor, producer, and writer. He wrote the screenplay for the 1972 film ''Alvin Purple'' and made appearances in television shows such as '' Bellbird'', ''Prisoner'' and '' Neighbours''. Early life Hopgood was born in Launceston, Tasmania, and grew up in the state. He acted in several dramatic roles in his childhood. He attended school in Melbourne and then studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Hon) and a Diploma of Education. His first play, ''Marcus'', was produced at Melbourne University while he was working as a school teacher. He left teaching to write full-time and start his acting career. Career Scriptwriting and screenwriting Hopgood's first successful play, ''And the Big Men Fly'', was about Australian rules football and was produced in 1963 by the Union Theatre Repertory Company at the Russell Street Theatre in Melbourne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graeme Blundell
Graeme Blundell (born 7 August 1945) is an Australian actor, director, producer, writer, playwright, lyricist and biographer Early life Blundell was born on 7 April 1945 in Melbourne; he grew up in the suburb of Clifton Hill. He was educated at Merrilands College and Coburg High School, where he served as a Prefect. He then studied arts at the University of Melbourne, where he resided at Ormond College and became involved in student theatre. He has a younger brother, Dennis, and two younger sisters, Margaret and Kathryn. Career In his early years, Blundell worked at La Mama Theatre, the Pram Factory, Hoopla, the Playbox Theatre Company, and the Melbourne Theatre Company. He directed and acted in the premiere performance of Jack Hibberd's play ''Dimboola'' at La Mama. His first television appearance was as an uncredited extra in the debut episode of ''Homicide'' (1964). He is best known as playing the title character in the 1973 sex-comedy film ''Alvin Purple'' and its 1974 se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Stewart
Robin Stewart (9 October 1946 – 22 November 2015) was an English actor, game show host and reporter who was best known for playing Mike Abbott, the son of Sid James' character Sid Abbott in the 1970s sitcom '' Bless This House''. Early life Stewart was born in Calcutta, India to a Czechoslovakian father and English mother. Career Stewart acted on television and in feature films in both the UK and Australia. Some of his British film roles include ''Tamahine'', ''The Haunted House of Horror'', ''Cromwell'', ''Adventures of a Private Eye'', and ''The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires'' as Leyland Van Helsing. He played the role of Mike Abbott in sit-com series ''Bless This House'' during its entire 1971–76 run; due to prior commitments he did not feature in the film version of the series. After being asked to go to New Zealand for a telethon and subsequently taken back to host his own show, Stewart ended up being asked to relocate where he became involved with such soaps ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deborah Gray
Deborah Gray is an Australian former high fashion model and actress who is now an international non-fiction author and singer/songwriter. Early life Gray was born in Canberra, Australia. As a teenager while still at school, she was scouted by a leading Sydney agent for a modelling contract and after moving to Sydney, she became a successful model for fashion magazines including covers for Cleo and Dolly magazine and starred in national TV commercials including National Quintrix, Sunwhite Rice, Holden and Coca Cola. Fashion modelling Gray appeared on catwalks, top fashion magazine covers and pictorials including Dolly Magazine, Cleo Magazine, New Idea, Bride to Be, TV Week. Acting In 1977 Gray branched out into acting on the TV series ''Number 96'' as Miss Hemingway. She continued her acting career as a popular television and film actress. She played a guest role in soap opera ''The Young Doctors'', acted in the police drama series '' Bellamy'' (1981), and was a regular c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Purple
''Alvin Purple'' is a 1973 Australian sex comedy film starring Graeme Blundell in the title role; the screenplay was written by Alan Hopgood and directed by Tim Burstall, through his production company Hexagon Productions and Village Roadshow The film received largely negative reviews from local film critics. Despite this, it was a major hit with Australian audiences. ''Alvin Purple'' became the most commercially successful Australian film released to that time, breaking the box-office record previously set by Michael Powell's pioneering Anglo-Australian comedy feature ''They're a Weird Mob'' (1966), grossing $A4.7 million locally ($49 million in 2022). Story synopsis ''Alvin Purple'' is a sex-farce which follows the misadventures of a naïve young Melbourne man Alvin Purple, whom women find irresistible. Working in door-to-door sales, Alvin (unsuccessfully) tries to resist legions of women who want him. Alvin is so worn-out he seeks psychiatric help to solve his problems. ... [...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] |
Alyson Best
Alyson Best (born September 29, 1960) is an Australian actress known for her appearance in ''Prisoner'' (1983) and '' Man of Flowers'' (1983). In 1979 she appeared in a famous photo with Derryn Hinch in ''Playboy''. Select Credits *''Young Ramsay'' (1980) - episode "Waltzing Matilda" *''Harlequin'' (1980) *''Pacific Banana'' (1980) * Bellamy (1980) (TV series) ‘The Best Damned Killer In The Country’ *''Holiday Island'' (1981) (TV series) *'' At Last... Bullamakanka: The Motion Picture'' (1982) *''Brothers'' (1982) *'' Man of Flowers'' (1983) *''Prisoner A prisoner (also known as an inmate or detainee) is a person who is deprived of liberty against their will. This can be by confinement, captivity, or forcible restraint. The term applies particularly to serving a prison sentence in a prison. ...'' (1983) (TV series) * Relatives (1985) *''Kindred'' (1985) (short film) References External links * Actresses from New South Wales 1960 births Living people { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luan Peters
Luan Peters (18 June 1946 – 24 December 2017), also known as Karol Keyes, was an English actress and singer. Biography Born Carol Ann Hirsch, she made her stage debut in a pantomime aged four, then went on to win a drama scholarship at the age of 16 after a performance of ''Twelfth Night''. She started singing in a band for £2 a night as a way of earning extra money while attending drama school. In Manchester, under the name Karol Keyes (named after her management, Keystone Promotions), she fronted Karol Keyes and the Big Sound, a band previously known as The Fat Sound. One of her first records was an Ike & Tina Turner song called "A Fool in Love", released on Columbia. She left that band in June 1966; subsequently, as Luan Peters (a name she adopted in the late 1960s), she succeeded Tina Charles as frontwoman of 5000 Volts. A year later, she joined Joan Littlewood’s drama school at the Theatre Royal Stratford East. In 1971, she starred in ''Not Tonight, Darling'' a drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carry On (film Series)
The ''Carry On'' series of 31 British comedy films were released between 1958 and 1978, produced by Peter Rogers with director Gerald Thomas. The humour of ''Carry On'' was in the British comic tradition of music hall and bawdy seaside postcards. In between the films, Rogers and Thomas produced four Christmas television specials (1969–1973), a 1975 television series of thirteen episodes, and three West End stage shows that later toured the regions. The series drew on regular ensemble that included Sid James, Kenneth Williams, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Kenneth Connor, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor, Jack Douglas, and Jim Dale. A 31st film was released in 1992, though featuring only four of the "irregular" cast members. The ''Carry On'' series contains the largest number of films of any British film series, and is the second longest running, albeit with a fourteen-year gap (1978–1992) between the 30th and 31st entries ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Australian Film Corporation
South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC) is a South Australian Government statutory corporation established in 1972 to engage in film production and promote the film industry, located in Adelaide, South Australia. The Adelaide Studios are managed by the South Australian Film Corporation for the use of the South Australian film industry. History 1972–2000 The South Australian Film Corporation was founded as a production company in 1972, established under the ''South Australian Film Corporation Act'' by the Dunstan government. It was intended “to stimulate and encourage the formation and continued development of the South Australian film and television industry”. At the time of the Corporation's establishment, the Australian film industry was stagnating, and the Corporation played a significant role in the revival of Australian film making. Premier Don Dunstan played an instrumental role in the foundation of the Corporation and its early film production activities.David St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nightmares (1980 Film)
''Nightmares'' (also known as ''Stage Fright'') is a 1980 Australian slasher film, directed by John D. Lamond and was Gary Sweet's feature film debut. Plot A young girl named Cathy (Jenny Neumann) tries to keep her mother from making out with a man while driving one day, and she inadvertently causes her mother's death in the ensuing crash. Sixteen years later, Cathy is now named Helen and has become a psychotic actress and is starring in an upcoming play called ''Comedy of Blood'', where the actors are picked off one by one by an unseen assailant with a shard of glass. Cast * Jenny Neumann as Cathy/Helen Selleck ** Jennie Lamond as Young Cathy * Gary Sweet as Terry Besanko * Max Phipps as George D'alberg * John Michael Howson as Bennett Collingwood * Nina Landis as Judy * Edmund Pegge as Bruce * Briony Behets as Angela Production The film was shot by Lamond immediately after ''Pacific Banana'' and edited at the same time. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
