A Yank in Australia

A Yank in Australia is a 1942 Australian comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Al Thomas and Hartney Arthur.

A Yank in Australia
Directed byAlfred J. Goulding
Written byAlfred J. Goulding
StarringAl Thomas
Hartney Arthur
CinematographyGeorge Malcolm
Production
company
Release date
11 November 1944
Running time
65 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

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
  • Al Thomas as Headlines Haggerty
  • Hartney Arthur as Clarence Worthington
  • Kitty Bluett as Clara Matthews
  • Jane Conolly as Dolly
  • Graham Wicker as Horace
  • Alfred J. Goulding as a Japanese spy
  • Joy Nichols
  • Frank Bradley
  • Marie La Varre

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 film 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. 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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