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The Sponge Room
''The Sponge Room'' is an Australian television film which aired in 1964 on ABC. Produced in Melbourne, it aired in a 50-minute time-slot and was an adaptation of an overseas stage play, written by Willis Hall and Keith Waterhouse. It is not known if a copy of the television film still exists, given the Lost television broadcast#Wiping, wiping of the era. Premise A married man secretly meets with a woman each week at the natural history museum in London. Cast *Julia Blake as Hilary *Terry Norris (actor), Terry Norris as Colin *Neil Curnow as the attendant Production The play had been produced on stage in Sydney that year under the direction of Ken Hannam. It had also been performed on ABC radio that year. It was one of 20 TV plays produced by the ABC in 1964. Reception The ''Sydney Morning Herald'' praised Barton using "the extremely effective device" of a background of "complete silence from start to finish". References External links''The Sponge Room'' on IMDb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Barton
Patrick Barton is an Australian TV director best known for his productions in the 1960s. Select Credits *''You Can't Win 'Em All'' (1962) *''The Gioconda Smile'' (1963) *''Night Stop'' (1963) *''Double Yolk'' (1963) *''The Angry General'' (1964) *''The Sponge Room'' (1964) *''The Road'' (1964) *''Wind from the Icy Country'' (1964) *''A Provincial Lady'' (1964) *''Dangerous Corner'' (1965) *'' A Time to Speak'' (1965) *''Cross of Gold'' (1965) *'' Othello'' (1964) *''Daphne Laureola ''Daphne laureola'', commonly called spurge-laurel, is a shrub in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae. Despite the name, this woodland plant is neither a spurge nor a laurel. Its native range covers much of Europe and extends to Algeria, M ...'' (1965) *''Romanoff and Juliet'' (1965) *''Ashes to Ashes'' (1966) *''Waiting in the Wings'' (1965) *''Should the Woman Pay?'' (1966) *''Love and War'' (1967) *''Quality of Mercy'' (1975) *''Bellbird'' (TV series) References External links *Patrick Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lost Television Broadcast
Lost television broadcasts are mostly those early television programs which cannot be accounted for in studio archives (or in personal archives) usually because of deliberate destruction or neglect. Common reasons for loss A significant proportion of early television programming was never recorded in the first place. Early broadcasting in all genres was live and sometimes performed repeatedly. Due to there being no means to record the broadcast or, later, because the content itself was thought to have little monetary or historical value it was not deemed necessary to save it. In the United Kingdom, early programming was lost due to contractual demands by the actors' union to limit the rescreening of performances. Apart from Phonovision experiments by John Logie Baird, and some 280 rolls of 35mm film containing some of Paul Nipkow television station broadcasts, no recordings of transmissions from 1939 or earlier are known to exist. In 1947, Kinescopes (preserving the image on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Norris (actor)
Terence Richard Norris (born 9 June 1930) is an Australian stage, television and film actor, and politician. As an actor, he has starred in TV shows such as '' Bellbird'' and ''Cop Shop'', and in films like ''Romulus, My Father'', '' The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'' and '' Paper Planes''. He interrupted his show business career for 10 years with a stint serving in state politics, for the Labor Party with the Victorian Legislative Assembly. Early and personal life Norris was born in Melbourne to a boilermaker. He is married to the English-born Australian Julia Blake, and has 2 daughters Sarah and Jane Norris. Acting career Theatre He started his career in the 1950s and early 1960s when he worked as an actor in England, appearing in repertory theatre in Bradford, Huddersfield and York among other places, before returning to Australia in 1963. He has performed in numerous theatre roles and is also a playwright. Television He is possibly best known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
1964 Television Films
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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] |
1960s Australian Television Plays
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Australian Television Films
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Australian Broadcasting Corporation Original Programming
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English-language Television Shows
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Black-and-white Australian Television Shows
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