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
- For the Term of His Natural Life (1927) - titles
- The Grey Glove (1928) - titles
- The Romance of Runnibede (1928) - screenplay
- The Squatter's Daughter (1933) - screenplay
- The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) - screenplay
References
- ↑ Ken G. Hall Obituary
- ↑ Gayne Dexter at Austlit
- ↑ 'An Australian is Danny Kaye's Personal No-Man.' The Australian Women's Weekly, Wednesday 13 May 1959, p13.
External links
- Gayne Dexter at IMDB
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