Gayne Dexter

Gayne Robert Dexter (died 1966), better known as Gayne Dexter, was an Australian journalist, publicist and screenwriter. He was head of publicity at Union Theatres and Australasian Films in the 1910s, where his assistant was a young Ken G. Hall.[1] He went on to become editor for Everyone's, the trade paper for the Australian film industry.

Screenwriter

In the 1930s Dexter wrote two films for Ken G. Hall, The Squatter's Daughter (1933) and The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934).[2] He also worked extensively overseas in New York and London as head of publicity for Warner Bros. and doing publicity for stars such as Judy Garland and Danny Kaye.[3]

Filmography

References

  1. Ken G. Hall Obituary
  2. Gayne Dexter at Austlit
  3. 'An Australian is Danny Kaye's Personal No-Man.' The Australian Women's Weekly, Wednesday 13 May 1959, p13.

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