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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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The Age
''The Age'' is a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia, that has been published since 1854. Owned and published by Nine Entertainment, ''The Age'' primarily serves Victoria (Australia), Victoria, but copies also sell in Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and border regions of South Australia and southern New South Wales. It is delivered both in print and digital formats. The newspaper shares some articles with its sister newspaper ''The Sydney Morning Herald''. ''The Age'' is considered a newspaper of record for Australia, and has variously been known for its investigative reporting, with its journalists having won dozens of Walkley Awards, Australia's most prestigious journalism prize. , ''The Age'' had a monthly readership of 5.321 million. History Foundation ''The Age'' was founded by three Melbourne businessmen: brothers John and Henry Cooke (who had arrived from New Zealand in the 1840s) and Walter Powell. The first edition appeared on 17 October 1854. ...
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Chris Gardner (writer)
Chris Gardner was the pen name for Marjorie Gardner, an English-Australian writer of television, radio and theatre. She was born in England and emigrated to Australia in the 1950s, settling at Woody Point, Queensland. Gardner started writing when briefly bed-ridden due to a slipped disc then became more serious about it when she joined a Brisbane radio group in 1956. Her radio plays were produced by the ABC. She also wrote for stage and television. Her stage play ''The Pub at Pelican Creek'' was commended in the 1958 General Motors play competition. Her television play ''Dark Under the Sun'' featured one of the first interracial romances on Australian television. Select credits *''The Masterpiece'' (1957) - short story *''A Gift for George'' (1957) - short story *'' The Pub at Pelican Creek'' (1958) - stage play *''Conflict'' (1958) - short story *''Dark Under the Sun'' (1960) - television play, also adapted for radio *''The House of Mancello'' (1962) - television play, also adapt ...
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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 ...
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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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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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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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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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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 Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ...
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Campbell Copelin
Campbell Copelin (1901–1988) was an English actor, who moved to Australia in the 1920s and worked extensively in film, theatre, radio and television. He had a notable association with J.C. Williamson Ltd and frequently collaborated with F. W. Thring and Frank Harvey. He often played villains. Biography He served in the Army, then emigrated to Australia. He worked on the land, then as a commercial artist before deciding to become an actor. Criminal History In 1928 he was fined for using indecent language and resisting arrest. On the night of 18 March 1931 Copelin took a £1,000 plane out for a joyride in Melbourne and crashed it into Sandridge golf links, causing him to spend several months in hospital. "I had never seen Melbourne by night," he said, "so I decided to have a look. It was wonderful and I'm going to have another look as soon as I can, but next time I'll do it In a safer way." He was charged with stealing the plane but these charges were later withdrawn on the ...
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The Canberra Times
''The Canberra Times'' is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media. It was founded in 1926, and has changed ownership and format several times. History ''The Canberra Times'' was launched in 1926 by Thomas Shakespeare along with his oldest son Arthur Shakespeare and two younger sons Christopher and James. The newspaper's headquarters were originally located in the Civic retail precinct, in Cooyong Street and Mort Street, in blocks bought by Thomas Shakespeare in the first sale of Canberra leases in 1924. The newspaper's first issue was published on 3 September 1926. It was the second paper to be printed in the city, the first being ''The Federal Capital Pioneer''. Between September 1926 and February 1928, the newspaper was a weekly issue. The first daily issue was 28 February 1928. In June 1956, ''The Canberra Times'' converted from broadsheet to tabloid format. Arthur Shakespeare sold the paper to John Fairfax Lt ...
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List Of Television Plays Broadcast On Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)
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