Post by manfromplanetx on May 4, 2017 1:11:52 GMT
Have seen a couple of films from the classic era recently, certainly worth a mention for recommended viewing here...
An excellent and exciting Australian adventure drama Walk Into Paradise (1956) was shot on location in New Guinea highlands & the upper reaches Sepik river area. It was directed by Lee Robinson and starred Chips Rafferty. Australian critics at the time noted ..."something peculiarly Australian about the relaxed, easy-going temper"
but did acknowledge the amazing scenes involving the local PNG natives, in particular...
"The sequences where crews of native women row a fleet of canoes upstream at top speed are especially memorable, alike for the splendour of colour and of human rhythm. "
The film under this tile was a success in both England and Australia and was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. only 48 votes at IMDb... I highly Recommend it.
The title was rebranded Walk Into Hell and some alterations were made after the film was sold to the American producer Joseph E. Levine, but the original version was restored and is still available.
Rangle River (1936) Australia Directed by American Clarence G. Badger
This is a surprisingly solid & entertaining film, with a great cast of characters highlighted with great country landscapes.
A real oddity classed as an Australian Western it was based on a story by Zane Grey. I think it is the only Grey production outside of the States . He was inspired to write this Aus. based western having visited down under in 1935 for big game fishing. The script was written by pioneering Australian filmmakers Charles and Elsa Chauvel
The movie was partly financed by a Hollywood studio, Columbia, and used an imported American lead and director. It was made by the local National Studios and filmed in familiar country not far from me, with some fantastic location shooting around Gloucester and in the Burragorang Valley in NSW.
The director decided to stay on and settled in Australia. Of the supporting cast Englishman Robert Coote went to Hollywood after filming and enjoyed a long career there, Australian. Margaret Dare also left for Los Angeles but seems to have been less successful.
At the time the critic from the Sydney Morning Herald described it as "the best film that has been produced in Australia so far".
It was released in the UK after some cuts were made by the censor, notably of the whip fighting scene, and was issued in the US in 1939 as Men with Whips.
An excellent and exciting Australian adventure drama Walk Into Paradise (1956) was shot on location in New Guinea highlands & the upper reaches Sepik river area. It was directed by Lee Robinson and starred Chips Rafferty. Australian critics at the time noted ..."something peculiarly Australian about the relaxed, easy-going temper"
but did acknowledge the amazing scenes involving the local PNG natives, in particular...
"The sequences where crews of native women row a fleet of canoes upstream at top speed are especially memorable, alike for the splendour of colour and of human rhythm. "
The film under this tile was a success in both England and Australia and was nominated for the Golden Palm Award at the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. only 48 votes at IMDb... I highly Recommend it.
The title was rebranded Walk Into Hell and some alterations were made after the film was sold to the American producer Joseph E. Levine, but the original version was restored and is still available.
Rangle River (1936) Australia Directed by American Clarence G. Badger
This is a surprisingly solid & entertaining film, with a great cast of characters highlighted with great country landscapes.
A real oddity classed as an Australian Western it was based on a story by Zane Grey. I think it is the only Grey production outside of the States . He was inspired to write this Aus. based western having visited down under in 1935 for big game fishing. The script was written by pioneering Australian filmmakers Charles and Elsa Chauvel
The movie was partly financed by a Hollywood studio, Columbia, and used an imported American lead and director. It was made by the local National Studios and filmed in familiar country not far from me, with some fantastic location shooting around Gloucester and in the Burragorang Valley in NSW.
The director decided to stay on and settled in Australia. Of the supporting cast Englishman Robert Coote went to Hollywood after filming and enjoyed a long career there, Australian. Margaret Dare also left for Los Angeles but seems to have been less successful.
At the time the critic from the Sydney Morning Herald described it as "the best film that has been produced in Australia so far".
It was released in the UK after some cuts were made by the censor, notably of the whip fighting scene, and was issued in the US in 1939 as Men with Whips.