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* Edmund Allison as policeman
* Edmund Allison as policeman


==Production==
==Development==
Children's Entertainment Films had been set up by Mary Field for the [[Rank Organisation]] to make films to be screened to children in cinema clubs throughout England on Saturday mornings.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18446112 |title=PLANS FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN'S FILMS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=20 October 1954 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17949564 |title=AUSTRALIAN STORY FOR FILM. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=11 August 1945 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47506310 |title=Former schoolteacher makes children's films. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=19 April 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=40 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Children's Entertainment Films had been set up by Mary Field for the [[Rank Organisation]] to make films to be screened to children in cinema clubs throughout England on Saturday mornings.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18446112 |title=PLANS FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN'S FILMS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=20 October 1954 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47506310 |title=Former schoolteacher makes children's films. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=19 April 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=40 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

In August 1945 it was announced that Ralph Smart would write and direct ''Bush Christmas'' for exhibition in the cinema clubs. Smart was an Englishman who had worked in Australia during the war.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17949564 |title=AUSTRALIAN STORY FOR FILM. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=11 August 1945 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He wanted to make a childrens film but had been unable to find a suitable story so decided to write one himself. He wrote the script so it had maximum action and minimum dialogue.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article218412559 |title=The Making of "Bush Christmas" |newspaper=[[The Forbes Advocate]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=16 March 1948 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }} </ref>

It was to be the first in a series of childrens' films set in the Empire.<ref name="first"/>

The film was financed by the Rank organisation, who had also financed ''The Overlanders'' (1946) in Australia. Smart had worked on that film, which made a star of Chips Rafferty who signed on to star in ''Bush Christmas''. He also assisted in casting.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50250159 |title=DOUBLE OF GARY BACK |newspaper=[[The Courier-mail]] |location=Queensland, Australia |date=6 February 1946 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }} </ref>


''Bush Christmas'' was originally planned as a serial, but it was then decided to turn it into a feature.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57700488 |title=You won't find cowboys of gangsters in these films. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=23 August 1952 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=2 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAIL |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
''Bush Christmas'' was originally planned as a serial, but it was then decided to turn it into a feature.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article57700488 |title=You won't find cowboys of gangsters in these films. |newspaper=[[The Mail (Adelaide)|The Mail]] |location=Adelaide |date=23 August 1952 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=2 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAIL |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


Several cast members from ''The Overlanders'' appear, including Chips Rafferty, John Fernside and Helen Grieve. Grieve was the first choice for her role. Michael and Nick Yardley were brothers who had worked in radio. Neza Saunders came from a mission station near [[Rockhampton]] and was discovered by [[Chips Rafferty]]. Morris Unicomb was a veteran of stage and radio.<ref name="aww">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47504029 |title=Children featured in film of Australia... |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=18 May 1946 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=19 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17981686 |title=FIVE CHILDREN IN NEW FILM. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=14 August 1946 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=1 Supplement: Playtime |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Several cast members from ''The Overlanders'' appear, including Chips Rafferty, John Fernside and Helen Grieve. Grieve was the first choice for her role. Michael and Nick Yardley were brothers who had worked in radio. Neza Saunders came from a mission station near [[Rockhampton]] and was discovered by [[Chips Rafferty]]. Morris Unicomb was a veteran of stage and radio.<ref name="aww">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47504029 |title=Children featured in film of Australia... |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=18 May 1946 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=19 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17981686 |title=FIVE CHILDREN IN NEW FILM. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=14 August 1946 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=1 Supplement: Playtime |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=CHILDREN TO STAR IN AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FILM SERIAL |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1333649845|newspaper=ABC Weekly|date=23 February 1946|page=10}}</ref>
==Shooting==
The film was entirely shot on location in March 1946. Filing took place in the Capertee Valley and at Kanangra Tops and [[Burragarong Valley]], in the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]].<ref>[http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/bush-christmas/ Bush Christmas] at [[Australian Screen Online]]</ref><ref name="first">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248470884 |title=TODAY: Movie news |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=17 February 1946 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=33 |via=Trove }} </ref> They also did a week's work at [[Carr Park, Kogarah]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248497171 |title=Cameramen in society |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 March 1946 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=28 |via=Trove }} </ref>


Neza Saunders fell of a horse while filming but had recovered within two days.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17981686 |title=FIVE CHILDREN IN NEW FILM |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=14 August 1946 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=1 (Playtime) |via=Trove }} </ref>
The film was entirely shot on location in the [[Blue Mountains (New South Wales)|Blue Mountains]] and the Burragorang Valley.<ref>[http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/bush-christmas/ Bush Christmas] at [[Australian Screen Online]]</ref>


Post production was completed in Sydney by June 1946. Smart left Australia in October, promising to be back in a few months to make more movies; he took four scenarios with him.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229554631 |title=Producer Takes Aust. Films Home |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 October 1946 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=4 (CRICKET LATEST) |via=Trove }} </ref>
Post production was completed in Sydney by June 1947.


==Release==
==Release==
Reviews were positive.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43767057 |title=NEW FILMS. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=15 May 1948 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18054570 |title=FILMS IN SYDNEY. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 December 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The film was very popular in Britain and Australia<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27900019 |title=Australian Children's Film Success In London. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=21 May 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and was seen in 41 countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48302921 |title=Anger Made Him A Film Magnate. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=21 February 1953 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''Variety'' said it did "solid biz" in Australia.<ref>https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947-12#page/n260/mode/1up</ref>
Reviews were positive.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43767057 |title=NEW FILMS. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=15 May 1948 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18054570 |title=FILMS IN SYDNEY. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 December 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Rank were so happy with the movie that instead of just playing it in cinema clubs they released it as a support feature for ''Frieda''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article229695656 |title='Bush Christmas' Gets Feature Billing Now |newspaper=[[The Sun]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=28 August 1947 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=20 (LATE FINAL EXTRA) |via=Trove }} </ref>
===Box Office===
The film was very popular in Britain and Australia<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27900019 |title=Australian Children's Film Success In London. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=21 May 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=1 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and was seen in 41 countries.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48302921 |title=Anger Made Him A Film Magnate. |newspaper=[[The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser]] |location=Adelaide |date=21 February 1953 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> ''Variety'' said it did "solid biz" in Australia.<ref>{{cite magazine https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947-12#page/n260/mode/1up</ref>

It was reportedly among the most popular films of the year in Britain in 1947, along with ''[[Courtneys of Curzon Street]]'', ''Great Expectations'', ''Duel in the Sun'', ''Odd Man Out'', ''Jassy'', ''The Upturned Glass'', ''[[Black Narcissus]]'', ''Holiday Camp'', ''They Made Me A Fugitive'' and ''[[The Jolson Story]]''.<ref name="daily"/>


By February 1948 the film had screened on American television.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article46893050 |title=FILM WORLD |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Western Australia |date=27 February 1948 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=26 |via=Trove }} </ref>
==Spin Offs==
It was serialised in children's magazines and a novelisation of the script was published. The film was also adapted for radio with a young [[John Meillon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28669103 |title=Busy Life For Young Actor. |newspaper=[[The Sunday Herald (Sydney)|The Sunday Herald]] |location=Sydney |date=29 January 1950 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=1 Supplement: Playtime |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
It was serialised in children's magazines and a novelisation of the script was published. The film was also adapted for radio with a young [[John Meillon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28669103 |title=Busy Life For Young Actor. |newspaper=[[The Sunday Herald (Sydney)|The Sunday Herald]] |location=Sydney |date=29 January 1950 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=1 Supplement: Playtime |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Follow Up==
When Smart returned to Australia in January 1947 he announced plans to £150,000 worh of children's films in Australia, including a feature set on a Northern Territory outback station, a serial, and a series of documentary filmss.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248305587 |title=He was a hit in London |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 January 1947 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=28 |via=Trove }} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article245864440 |title=Producer Here To Make Films For Children |newspaper=[[The Herald]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=17 January 1947 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=3 |via=Trove }} </ref>.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78549414 |title=Rank's men to make children's films here. |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |location=Perth |date=8 March 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=12 Edition: FIRST EDITION |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248401165 |title=Australia to Provide More Children's Films |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=22 December 1946 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=29 |via=Trove }} </ref> Yardley signed a contract to appeear in the territory film and also the serial, which was to be about buckjumping.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article248299761 |title=FILM STAR, 7, WATCHES FATHER SIGN CONTRACT |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=7 February 1947 |access-date=11 June 2020 |page=4 |via=Trove }} </ref>


These films did not come to fruition. Smart made ''Bitter Springs'' with Raffety (1950).
Ralph Smart announced plans to make further children's films in Australia, including a serial about a family living in the outback, but these did not come to fruition.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article78549414 |title=Rank's men to make children's films here. |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |location=Perth |date=8 March 1947 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=12 Edition: FIRST EDITION |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


Helen Grieve retired from acting to study science.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71398778 |title=A page for the Worker Woman. [?]. |newspaper=[[The Worker (Brisbane)|The Worker]] |location=Brisbane |date=12 March 1951 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Child actor Nick Yardley later had his face smashed by a boomerang.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22897496 |title=Boy star hurt by boomerang. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=29 July 1950 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Helen Grieve retired from acting to study science.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71398778 |title=A page for the Worker Woman. [?]. |newspaper=[[The Worker (Brisbane)|The Worker]] |location=Brisbane |date=12 March 1951 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Child actor Nick Yardley later had his face smashed by a boomerang.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article22897496 |title=Boy star hurt by boomerang. |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=29 July 1950 |accessdate=21 August 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

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Bush Christmas
Directed byRalph Smart
Written byRalph Smart
Produced byRalph Smart
StarringChips Rafferty
John Fernside
Narrated byJohn McCallum
CinematographyGeorge Heath
Edited byJames Pearson
Music bySydney John Kay
Production
company
Distributed byRank Organization (United Kingdom)
Universal Pictures (United States)
Umbrella Entertainment
Release dates
  • June 1947 (1947-06) (UK)
  • 19 December 1947 (1947-12-19) (Australia)
Running time
76 minutes
CountriesAustralia
United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget£25,000[1] or £15,000[2]

Bush Christmas is a 1947 Australian–British comedy film directed by Ralph Smart and starring Chips Rafferty. It was one of the first films from Children's Entertainment Films, later the Children's Film Foundation.

Plot

In the Australian countryside, five children are best friends, including a set of siblings, an English war evacuee, and aboriginal Neza. They boast to three strangers, Long Bill (Chips Rafferty), Jim (John Fernside) and Blue (Stan Tolhurst), about the mare belonging to the father of one of them. The next day the mare has gone. Suspecting the three men of stealing it, the children set off to recover it.

They discover the horse thieves and harass them by stealing their food and shoes. They get trapped when the thieves trap them in an old ghost town, but are rescued in time.

Cast

  • Chips Rafferty as Long Bill
  • John Fernside as Jim
  • Stan Tolhurst as Blue
  • Helen Grieve as Helen
  • Nick Yardley as Snow
  • Morris Unicomb as John
  • Michael Yardley as Michael
  • Neza Saunders as Neza
  • Pat Penny as father
  • Thelma Grigg as mother[3]
  • Clyde Combo as Old Jack
  • Edmund Allison as policeman

Development

Children's Entertainment Films had been set up by Mary Field for the Rank Organisation to make films to be screened to children in cinema clubs throughout England on Saturday mornings.[4][5]

In August 1945 it was announced that Ralph Smart would write and direct Bush Christmas for exhibition in the cinema clubs. Smart was an Englishman who had worked in Australia during the war.[6] He wanted to make a childrens film but had been unable to find a suitable story so decided to write one himself. He wrote the script so it had maximum action and minimum dialogue.[7]

It was to be the first in a series of childrens' films set in the Empire.[8]

The film was financed by the Rank organisation, who had also financed The Overlanders (1946) in Australia. Smart had worked on that film, which made a star of Chips Rafferty who signed on to star in Bush Christmas. He also assisted in casting.[9]

Bush Christmas was originally planned as a serial, but it was then decided to turn it into a feature.[10]

Several cast members from The Overlanders appear, including Chips Rafferty, John Fernside and Helen Grieve. Grieve was the first choice for her role. Michael and Nick Yardley were brothers who had worked in radio. Neza Saunders came from a mission station near Rockhampton and was discovered by Chips Rafferty. Morris Unicomb was a veteran of stage and radio.[11][12][13]

Shooting

The film was entirely shot on location in March 1946. Filing took place in the Capertee Valley and at Kanangra Tops and Burragarong Valley, in the Blue Mountains.[14][8] They also did a week's work at Carr Park, Kogarah.[15]

Neza Saunders fell of a horse while filming but had recovered within two days.[16]

Post production was completed in Sydney by June 1946. Smart left Australia in October, promising to be back in a few months to make more movies; he took four scenarios with him.[17]

Release

Reviews were positive.[18][19]

Rank were so happy with the movie that instead of just playing it in cinema clubs they released it as a support feature for Frieda.[20]

Box Office

The film was very popular in Britain and Australia[21] and was seen in 41 countries.[22] Variety said it did "solid biz" in Australia.[23]

It was reportedly among the most popular films of the year in Britain in 1947, along with Courtneys of Curzon Street, Great Expectations, Duel in the Sun, Odd Man Out, Jassy, The Upturned Glass, Black Narcissus, Holiday Camp, They Made Me A Fugitive and The Jolson Story.[2]

By February 1948 the film had screened on American television.[24]

Spin Offs

It was serialised in children's magazines and a novelisation of the script was published. The film was also adapted for radio with a young John Meillon.[25]

Follow Up

When Smart returned to Australia in January 1947 he announced plans to £150,000 worh of children's films in Australia, including a feature set on a Northern Territory outback station, a serial, and a series of documentary filmss.[26][27].[28][29] Yardley signed a contract to appeear in the territory film and also the serial, which was to be about buckjumping.[30]

These films did not come to fruition. Smart made Bitter Springs with Raffety (1950).

Helen Grieve retired from acting to study science.[31] Child actor Nick Yardley later had his face smashed by a boomerang.[32]

See also

References

  1. ^ "What Goes On?". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 19 January 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b "BRITAIN'S FILM NEWS". The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia. 28 December 1947. p. 30. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  3. ^ "Won star role after two years of struggle". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 29 April 1950. p. 32. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  4. ^ "PLANS FOR SPECIAL CHILDREN'S FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 20 October 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  5. ^ "Former schoolteacher makes children's films". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 19 April 1947. p. 40. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  6. ^ "AUSTRALIAN STORY FOR FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 11 August 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  7. ^ "The Making of "Bush Christmas"". The Forbes Advocate. New South Wales, Australia. 16 March 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  8. ^ a b "TODAY: Movie news". The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia. 17 February 1946. p. 33. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  9. ^ "DOUBLE OF GARY BACK". The Courier-mail. Queensland, Australia. 6 February 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  10. ^ "You won't find cowboys of gangsters in these films". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 August 1952. p. 2 Supplement: SUNDAY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT TO THE MAIL. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  11. ^ "Children featured in film of Australia..." The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 18 May 1946. p. 19. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  12. ^ "FIVE CHILDREN IN NEW FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 August 1946. p. 1 Supplement: Playtime. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  13. ^ "CHILDREN TO STAR IN AUSTRALIA'S FIRST FILM SERIAL". ABC Weekly. 23 February 1946. p. 10.
  14. ^ Bush Christmas at Australian Screen Online
  15. ^ "Cameramen in society". The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia. 24 March 1946. p. 28. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  16. ^ "FIVE CHILDREN IN NEW FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1946. p. 1 (Playtime). Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  17. ^ "Producer Takes Aust. Films Home". The Sun. New South Wales, Australia. 3 October 1946. p. 4 (CRICKET LATEST). Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  18. ^ "NEW FILMS". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 15 May 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  19. ^ "FILMS IN SYDNEY". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 22 December 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  20. ^ "'Bush Christmas' Gets Feature Billing Now". The Sun. New South Wales, Australia. 28 August 1947. p. 20 (LATE FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  21. ^ "Australian Children's Film Success In London". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 21 May 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  22. ^ "Anger Made Him A Film Magnate". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 21 February 1953. p. 7. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  23. ^ {{cite magazine https://archive.org/stream/variety168-1947-12#page/n260/mode/1up
  24. ^ "FILM WORLD". The West Australian. Western Australia. 27 February 1948. p. 26. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  25. ^ "Busy Life For Young Actor". The Sunday Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1950. p. 1 Supplement: Playtime. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  26. ^ "He was a hit in London". The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia. 19 January 1947. p. 28. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  27. ^ "Producer Here To Make Films For Children". The Herald. Victoria, Australia. 17 January 1947. p. 3. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  28. ^ "Rank's men to make children's films here". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 8 March 1947. p. 12 Edition: FIRST EDITION. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  29. ^ "Australia to Provide More Children's Films". The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia. 22 December 1946. p. 29. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  30. ^ "FILM STAR, 7, WATCHES FATHER SIGN CONTRACT". The Daily Telegraph. New South Wales, Australia. 7 February 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 11 June 2020 – via Trove.
  31. ^ "A page for the Worker Woman. [?]". The Worker. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 12 March 1951. p. 10. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
  32. ^ "Boy star hurt by boomerang". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 29 July 1950. p. 5. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

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