Pommy Arrives in Australia
Pommy Arrives in Australia is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. The director's first comedy, and the first purely comic feature made in Australia,[2] it is considered a lost film.[3]
| Pommy Arrives in Australia | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Raymond Longford |
| Written by | Raymond Longford |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Franklyn Barrett |
Production company | |
Release date | 13 September 1913[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Synopsis
An English immigrant is caught up in a series of comic incidents in Australia due to a trio of local tomboys.[4]
Cast
- Lottie Lyell
- Tom Cosgrove
- Tien Hogue
- Helen Fergus
Production
There had been comic shorts made in Australia prior to this movie, such as Percy Gets a Job (1912) but this was the first feature-length comedy.[2] Longford later went on to make the comedy short Ma Hogan's New Boarder.
Reception
The film only had a short run in cinemas and is among Longford's least known works.[5]
References
- "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
- Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press 1989 p 48
- Everyones, Everyones Ltd, 1920, retrieved 25 March 2019
- Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 40
- "Advertising". Warwick Examiner and Times (St. Lucia, Qld. : 1867 – 1919). St. Lucia, Qld. 6 June 1914. p. 1. Retrieved 21 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
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