"Photo Finish" is a 1965 Australian teleplay based on a play by Peter Ustinov. It screened on ABC and was produced by Oscar Whitbread and starred Frank Thring.[3][4] "Photo Finish" aired on 10 November 1965 in Melbourne and Sydney.[5][6]
| "Photo Finish" | |
|---|---|
| Wednesday Theatre episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 43 |
| Directed by | Oscar Whitbread |
| Teleplay by | John Warwick |
| Based on | Photo Finish by Peter Ustinov |
| Original air date | 10 November 1965 |
| Running time | 60 mins[1][2] |
Thring played the role on stage the year before.[7]
It was part of Wednesday Theatre.[8] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[9]
Plot
editA writer is visited by ghosts from his past - himself at the ages of twenty, forty, and sixty.
Cast
edit- Frank Thring as Sam Kinsale, aged 80
- Elspeth Ballantyne
- Michael Duffield as the father
- Beverley Dunn as the mother
- Norman Ettling as the 40 year old
- Patricia Kennedy as Stella, the wife
- Patsy King
- Stanley Walsh as the 20 year old
- Raymond Westwell as the 60 year old
Production
editA version of the play had been performed on ABC the previous year.[5]
Reception
editThe Age said Thring "gave a striking performance" and praised the "sparkling dialogue".[10]
The Sydney Morning Herald called it "excellent".[11]
References
edit- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 8 November 1965. p. 13.
- ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 4 November 1965. p. 34.
- ^ "Photo finish of an 80-year-old". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 307. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 November 1965. p. 17. Retrieved 27 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "The Age - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ a b "Photo Finish with Frank Thring". The Age. 4 November 1965. p. 14.
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney MOrning Herald. 8 November 1965. p. 13.
- ^ "AusStage".
- ^ "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. Vol. 40, no. 11, 307. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 8 November 1965. p. 18. Retrieved 20 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ Monitor (13 November 1965). "What answers would you give?". The Age. p. 23.
- ^ Cotton, Leicester (12 November 1965). "Resemblances in photo finish". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 11.
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