A Yank in Australia

A Yank in Australia
Directed by Alfred J. Goulding
Written by Alfred J. Goulding
Starring Al Thomas
Hartney Arthur
Cinematography George Malcolm
Production
company
Release dates
11 November 1944
Running time
65 mins
Country Australia
Language English

A Yank in Australia is a 1942 Australian comedy directed by Alfred J. Goulding, an Australian born filmmaker who had worked in Hollywood.

Plot

Two journalists in New York, American Headlines Haggerty (Al Thomas) and Englishman Clarence Worthington (Hartney Arthur) are sent to cover the war in the South Pacific. They get marooned on the Australian coast along with two rival female reporters after a Japanese sub sinks their boat. They are rescued by a girl who lives on the island with her father, Horace. Together they all uncover and stop a plot by the Japanese to invade Australia.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in 1942 at the Commonwealth Film Laboratory studios in Sydney, with exteriors at Taronga Park Zoo. Several of the cast were established radio performers.[1]

Release

The movie took two years to be released, making its world debut in Brisbane on 11 November 1944.[2] A local critic called it "an example of just how bad a motion picture can be... In every department – production, dialogue, story – A Yank in Australia falls short. Incoherence, incredibility, and inconsistency are spread like treacle over the whole thing."[3]

Box office receipts were poor but the film was also released in England and the US.[1][4]

References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 196
  2. "FILM PREMIERE ON ARMISTICE NIGHT.". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 4 November 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  3. "New Low Level In Local Film.". The Courier-Mail (Brisbane: National Library of Australia). 13 November 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  4. "Australian Film Producers, What Next?.". The Argus (Melbourne: National Library of Australia). 20 July 1946. p. 4 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

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