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They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful
"They Were Big, They Were Blue, They Were Beautiful" is an Australian television movie, or rather a live television play, which aired live on 27 June 1959 in Sydney, and on 8 August 1959 in Melbourne. It aired as part of '' Shell Presents'', a monthly presentation of standalone productions which aired from 1959 to 1960 on ATN-7 in Sydney and GTV-9 in Melbourne. In contrast with the first three episodes of '' Shell Presents'', which were tragedies, this was a comedy. It was also the first based on an original Australian script. The production was broadcast live in Sydney and later shown in Melbourne via a video-tape recording. Then Governor General William Slim was present at the live broadcast. Plot Set in Sydney. Two men (Stewart Ginn and Kevin Brennan), after being released from prison, unintentionally become involved in a baby kidnapping plot. Cast * Stewart Ginn * Kevin Brennan * June Salter as Ginn's girlfriend * Fifi Banvard as the landlady of the house *Diana Davidson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shell Presents
''Shell Presents'' was an early attempt at Australian television drama, being an umbrella title for several different productions. It debuted on 4 April 1959, and aired on ATN-7 and GTV-9, who split production of plays for the series between them. It was an anthology series, each program being a self-contained play for television. The series won a Logie award in 1960 for ''TV Highlight of 1959''. As the title suggests, it was sponsored by Shell. It was described as "a very big deal for the station: major institutional sponsorship from international companies for locally produced drama." It would be followed by ''The General Motors Hour''. Though it usually presented straight drama, it also presented a live musical production titled ''Pardon Miss Westcott'', set in colonial-era Australia. A total of 13 productions aired under the ''Shell Presents'' banner from 1959 to 1960. There is little information about this series online, however, some of the productions are held at the Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yvonne Banvard
Yvonne (Fifi) Banvard (25 December 1901– 24 June 1962) was an Australian actress. As a child, she toured North America and gained notoriety as a talented tragedienne. She later went onto perform and produce plays, dramas, comedies and romances across Australia, as well as becoming a radio personality. Early life Yvonne (Fifi) Banvard was born on 25 December 1901 in Melbourne. Her father was William Horley, an actor from England who toured the world with his family as The Flying Banvards. Her mother was Annie née Moore, a dancing mistress from Victoria. After her parents separated, Yvonne travelled America with her mother as part of the Pollard Lilliputian Opera Company. Banvard made her début appearance on stage aged 7 as Fifi in ''The Belle of New York'', after which she came to be known as 'Fifi'. During her time in America, Banvard was known as the youngest tragedienne on the stage. By the time she was 17, she was playing Sadie Thompson in W. Somerset Maugham's ''Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1950s Australian Television Plays
Year 195 ( CXCV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Scrapula and Clemens (or, less frequently, year 948 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 195 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 has the Roman Senate deify the previous emperor Commodus, in an attempt to gain favor with the family of Marcus Aurelius. * King Vologases V and other eastern princes support the claims of Pescennius Niger. The Roman province of Mesopotamia rises in revolt with Parthian support. Severus marches to Mesopotamia to battle the Parthians. * The Roman province of Syria is divided and the role of Antioch is diminished. The Romans annexed the Syrian cities of Edessa and Nisibis. Severus re-establish his head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Television Anthology Episodes
Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, entertainment, news, and sports. Television became available in crude experimental forms in the late 1920s, but only after several years of further development was the new technology marketed to consumers. After World War II, an improved form of black-and-white television broadcasting became popular in the United Kingdom and the United States, and television sets became commonplace in homes, businesses, and institutions. During the 1950s, television was the primary medium for influencing public opinion.Diggs-Brown, Barbara (2011''Strategic Public Relations: Audience Focused Practice''p. 48 In the mid-1960s, color broadcasting was introduced in the U.S. and most other developed countries. The availability of various types of archival storag ... [...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] |
List Of Television Plays Broadcast On ATN-7
The following is a list of television plays broadcast on Australian broadcaster ATN-7 during the 1950s and 1960s. *'' The House on the Corner'' (1957) - TV series *'' Autumn Affair'' (1958) - TV series *'' The Big Day'' - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *''No Picnic Tomorrow'' - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *''Man in a Blue Vase'' - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *'' Johnny Belinda'' (1959) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *'' Children of the Sun'' (1959) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *''Other People's Houses'' (1959) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *''A Tongue of Silver'' (1959) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *''Pardon Miss Westcott'' (1959) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *'' Big Blue and Beautiful'' (1960) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *''Reflections in Dark Glasses'' (1960) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *'' Thunder of Silence'' (1960) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *'' Tragedy in a Temporary Town'' (1960) - episode of ''Shell Presents'' *'' Shadow of a Pale Horse'' (1960) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir William Slim
Field Marshal William Joseph Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, (6 August 1891 – 14 December 1970), usually known as Bill Slim, was a British military commander and the 13th Governor-General of Australia. Slim saw active service in both the First and Second World Wars and was wounded in action three times. During the Second World War he led the Fourteenth Army, the so-called "forgotten army" in the Burma campaign. After the war he became the first British officer who had served in the Indian Army to be appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff. From 1953 to 1959 he was Governor-General of Australia. In the early 1930s, Slim also wrote novels, short stories, and other publications under the pen name Anthony Mills. Early years William Slim was born at 72 Belmont Road, St Andrews, Bristol, the son of John Slim by his marriage to Charlotte Tucker, and was baptised there at St Bonaventure's Roman Catholic church, Bishopston. He was brought up first in Bristol, attending St Bonaven ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John McCallum (actor)
John Neil McCallum, (14 March 19183 February 2010) was an Australian theatre and film actor, highly successful in the United Kingdom. He was also a television producer. Early life McCallum's father, John Neil McCallum Sr., was a theatre owner and entrepreneur, who built and for many years ran the 2,000 seat Cremorne Theatre on the banks of the Brisbane River. After emigrating from Scotland, McCallum Snr. became an accomplished musician, and was soon heavily involved in Brisbane's entertainment scene. His mother was an accomplished amateur actress who was born in England. In 1918, McCallum Jr. was born in Brisbane during the opening night of a comedy performance. After his birth, a family friend sent his father a wire: 'Congratulations on two howling successes'. McCallum was exposed to acting at a young age: his early childhood was full of backstage encounters at the Cremorne with the wide variety of performers who frequented his father's theatre. Although McCallum and his two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
June Salter
June Marie Salter AM (22 June 193215 September 2001) was an Australian actress and author prominent in theatre and television, best known for her character roles. Biography June Salter was born in Bexley, New South Wales, the youngest of six children of Arthur Edward Salter (born c. 1887) and his wife Edna Edythe Salter (died 24 July 1969), who married in 1916 and had a home on Henderson Road, Bexley. As a child, she studied piano and elocution and attended Kogarah Central Domestic Science Secondary School. She obtained her New South Wales Intermediate Certificate in 1947. While working as a typist-receptionist, she joined the St George Players who played at St James' Hall (later called "Mercury Theatre" then "Phillip Street Theatre") and took further elocution lessons from Rosalind Kennerdale who was married to Lawrence H. Cecil. Largely through their influence, in 1952 she gained acting roles in 2GB's serial ''Night Beat'', continuing her office work part-time until that w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Cahill
David Cahill (1917 – August 2008) was an Australian actor, writer producer and director, notable for his work directing in TV in the 1950s through to 1970s. It has been argued he was one of the best directors working in Australian TV. He was an actor and writer. In the mid 1950s he spent time in England. Select credits *''Autumn Affair'' (1958) (TV series) *'' Johnny Belinda'' (1959) *''Other People's Houses'' (1959) (TV movie) *''A Tongue of Silver'' (1959) (TV movie) *''Pardon Miss Westcott'' (1959) (TV movie) *'' Big Blue and Beautiful'' (1960) (TV movie) *''Reflections in Dark Glasses'' (1960) (TV movie) *''Shadow of a Pale Horse'' (1960) (TV movie) *''The Grey Nurse Said Nothing'' (1960) (TV movie) *''Thunder of Sycamore Street'' (1960) (TV movie) *''Jonah'' (1962) (TV series) *''Pick a Box'' (1963) (TV game show) *''Tribunal'' (1963–64) (TV series) *''The Mavis Bramston Show'' (1964–68) (TV series) *''Casebook'' (1966–67) (TV series) *''You Can't See 'Round Corners' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Brennan (actor)
Kevin Martin Brennan (12 September 1920 – 17 December 1998) was an Australian-born British-based film and television actor. He appeared in the children's ITV series ''A Bunch of Fives ''A Bunch of Fives'' is an English children’s television show from ATV, broadcast for two series of seven episodes each in 1977 and 1978 on ITV. A precursor of ''Grange Hill'', it starred Andrew Rinous, Lesley Manville and Jamie Foreman as ...'' in the 1970s and as Doris Luke's love interest Tom Logan in the British soap opera Crossroads in 1982. Filmography References External links * Profile at ww2roll.gov.au 1920 births 1998 deaths British male film actors British male television actors Male actors from Sydney Australian emigrants to the United Kingdom Australian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century British male actors Australian Army soldiers {{UK-film-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
