Split Level (TV Play)
''Split Level'' is a 1964 Australian TV play directed by Ken Hannam and written by Noel Robinson. It aired on 7 October 1964 and was shot in Sydney at ABC's Gore Hill Studios. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. Plot Stephanie is married to architect Mike. They live in a house on Sydney's north with their two children. Stephanie hears gossip that an old school friend of hers, Rosemary, has been having an affair, leading to the end of her marriage. Over the course of the day, Stephanie realises that the man Rosemary has been seeing is Mike. Cast *Diana Davidson as Stephanie Stewart *Leonard Teale as Mike Stewart *Jacki Weaver as Hilary *Elizabeth Pusey as Keith *Barbie Rogers as Rosemary *Ruth Cracknell Ruth Winifred Cracknell AM (6 July 1925 – 13 May 2002) was an Australian character and comic actress, comedienne and author, her career encompassing all genres including radio, theatre, television and film. She appeared in many dramatic as we ... as Aliso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Noel Robinson (writer)
Noel Robinson (born 1928 in Melbourne) is an Australian writer of many television and radio plays in the 1960s. '' Split Level'' (1964) was her first original screenplay. She moved to London where she worked for over a decade. Credits TV plays *'' My Three Angels'' (1962) *'' The Fighting Cock'' (1963) *''The Long Sunset'' (1963) *'' Split Level'' (1964) *'' A Man for All Seasons'' (1964) *'' On Approval'' (1964) *''The Late Edwina Black'' (1964) *'' Romanoff and Juliet'' (1964) *''A Time to Speak'' (1965) *'' The Tower'' (1965) *''The Weather House'' (1965) *'' The Tilted Screen'' (1966) *''A Cup of Tea with the Fullers'' (1967) *''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' (1967) *'' All Out for Kangaroo Valley'' (1969) *''The Fall of Edward Barnard'' (1969) *''The Tea Leaf'' (1969) *''ITV Playhouse'' (1970) *''Menace'' (1970) *''Brother and Sister'' (1970) *''The Bridesmaid'' (1970) *''Mrs Davenport'' (1970) *''The Shopper'' (1971) *''Concussion'' (1971) *''Before Paris'' (1972) *''The Liberation ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ken Hannam
Ken Hannam (12 July 1929 – 16 November 2004) was an Australian film and television director who also worked in British television drama. Career Born in St Kilda, Melbourne, the eldest of three boys, Hannam lived in his youth in Sydney and was educated at Wollaroi College in Orange, New South Wales. He worked in Australian radio, theatre and television. He started in radio when 15 years of age. He was an announcer at 2SM. He appeared in theatre as an actor, and appeared in the first Philip Street Revue. In 1957 he took over the TV show '' Captain Fortune''. In 1968 he moved to England. He worked in English television, and returned to direct Australian feature films.David Stratton, ''The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival'', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p96-98 Feature Films His first feature '' Sunday Too Far Away'' (1975) marked the emergence of an internationally recognised Australian film industry. He went on to direct '' Summerfield'' (1977) and other films. His 19 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leonard Teale
Leonard George Thiele AO (26 September 192214 May 1994), professionally Leonard Teale, was a well-known Australian actor of radio, television and film and radio announcer, presenter and narrator known for his resonant baritone voice. He is best remembered for his role in the long-running Australian police prodedural drama ''Homicide'' as David "Mac" MacKay. As a professional actor he adopted Teale – a homophone of his birth surname, Thiele – as a stage name. Biography Early life Leonard George Thiele was born in Brisbane, Queensland, to Maude Henrietta Thiele, née Rasmussen, and Herman Albert Thiele, a chemist. He attended Milton State Primary School and Brisbane Grammar School (1934–38) on a scholarship. However, the family's financial situation during the Great Depression forced Leonard to leave school and enter the workforce. He worked as a junior clerk for Brisbane City Council's Electricity Supply Department. In his spare time, he took up amateur drama, with l ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jacki Weaver
Jacqueline Ruth Weaver (born 25 May 1947) is an Australian theatre, film and television actress. Weaver emerged in the 1970s as a symbol of the Australian New Wave through her work in Ozploitation films such as '' Stork'' (1971), ''Alvin Purple'' (1973), and ''Petersen'' (1974). She later she starred in '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975), ''Caddie'' (1976), ''Squizzy Taylor'' (1982), and well as number of made-for-television movies, miniseries, and Australian productions of some of the most revered plays including '' Death of a Salesman'' and ''Streetcar Named Desire''. In 2010, Weaver has garnered critical acclaim and Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination and won National Board of Review Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the matriarch of a criminal family in the crime film '' Animal Kingdom''. She received another Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for performance in the romantic comedy-drama film ''Silver Linings Playb ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ruth Cracknell
Ruth Winifred Cracknell AM (6 July 1925 – 13 May 2002) was an Australian character and comic actress, comedienne and author, her career encompassing all genres including radio, theatre, television and film. She appeared in many dramatic as well as comedy roles throughout a career spanning some 56 years. In theatre she was well known for her Shakespeare roles. Early life Cracknell was born in 1925 in Maitland, New South Wales to Charles and Winifred Cracknell. When she was four years old, the family moved to Sydney. She was educated at North Sydney Girls High School and, after graduating, worked at the Ku-ring-gai Council as a clerk. At 17 she was taken to the theatre by a friend. She immediately wanted to become an actress and joined the Modern Theatre Players drama school. Career Radio and theatre Cracknell's first acting jobs were in radio. By 1946, she was performing five episodes of radio plays a week. She also performed on stage with the Sydney-based companies the Inde ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Julianna Allan
Julianna Allan was an Australian actress. She played an Aboriginal girl in ''Wandjina!'' (1966). Select Credits *''Silver Wedding'' (1958) - radio *''Flash Point'' (1959) - radio *''Return Journey'' (1960) - stage play *''Orphan Girl'' (1961) - stage play, Genesians *''The Story of Peter Gray'' (1962) - TV series *''Consider Your Verdict'' - " Queen Versus Bent" (1962) - about an aboriginal stockman played by Harold Blair *''Jonah'' (1962) - TV series *'' Split Level'' (1964) - TV play *''Wandjina!'' (1966) - TV series *''Homicide'' - "Freakout " (1967) *''Hunter'' (1967) - "Singapore" *'' Vega 4'' (1968) - TV series *''Division 4'' "Where's Lefty " (1970) *''Matlock Police'' - "They'll Fix You Up, No Worries " (1974) *''Aboriginal legends'' (1974) - narrator *'' Special Squad'' - "Easy Street " (1984) References External linksJulianna Allanat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television seri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Max Phipps
Maxwell John Phipps (18 November 1939 – 6 August 2000) was an Australian actor, known for a number of roles in theatre, films and television during the 1960s until the end of the 1990s. Life and career Phipps was born in Dubbo and grew up in Parkes. He started his acting training in Sydney at the age of 21, at the Ensemble Theatre. There he appeared in such productions as ''Buffalo Skinner'', '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', '' Fortune and Men's Eyes'', '' The Removalists'' and '' Rooted''. In the Sydney Opera House's inaugural season he played Harry Bustle in '' What If You Died Tomorrow?''. In London he reprised this role, as well as appearing in '' Don's Party''. He played Dr Frank-N-Furter in '' The Rocky Horror Show'' in Melbourne in 1975–77. His most notable screen roles included Bernie Dump in ''The Miraculous Mellops'', The Toadie in ''Mad Max 2'' (1981), Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the television mini-series '' The Dismissal'' (1983), Sir Frank Packer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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1964 Films
The year 1964 in film involved some significant events, including three highly successful musical films, ''Mary Poppins,'' '' My Fair Lady,'' and ''The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.'' Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1964 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 29 – 50-year-old actor Alan Ladd is found dead in bed at his home in Palm Springs, California. An autopsy confirms the cause of death as cerebral edema caused by an acute overdose of "alcohol and three other drugs" His death is ruled accidental. Ladd's final film, '' The Carpetbaggers'', is released in April and, despite mostly negative reviews from critics, becomes a major commercial success. * March 6 – Elvis Presley's 14th motion picture, '' Kissin' Cousins'', is released to theaters. * March 15 - Elizabeth Taylor marries Richard Burton. * July 6 – '' A Hard Day's Night'', the first Beatles film, premieres. * August 27 – The film ''Mary Poppins'' is released. Not o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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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 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Australian Television Films
Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia ** European Australians ** Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Somet ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Films Directed By Ken Hannam
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitize ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |