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,[3][4][5] Longford called it "the first comedy produced in Australia."[6]
| Pommy Arrives in Australia | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Raymond Longford[2] |
| Written by | Raymond Longford |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Franklyn Barrett |
Production company | |
Release date |
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| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
It is considered a lost film.
Synopsis
editAn English immigrant is caught up in a series of comic incidents in Australia due to the actions of a trio of local tomboys.[7]
Two of the film's incidents were described this way: "One day last week a new arrival, dressed in a conventional Norfolk jacket and a cap with the regulation check pattern, stepped out of a tramcar, and, quite ignorant of the fact that Sydney possessed a careful Lord Mayor, absent-mindedly dropped his ticket upon the road. He was pounced upon by one of the City Council's uniformed officials, and there ensued a strenuous and mirth-provoking passage-at-arms between the two. Later on the same 'Pommy' was seen out at La Perouse, surrounded by an excited horde of fearful cannibals, all bent upon testing imported stock."[1]
Cast
edit- Lottie Lyell
- Tom Cosgrove[8]
- Tien Hogue
- Helen Fergus
Production
editThere 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.[3] Longford later went on to make the comedy short Ma Hogan's New Boarder.
Reception
editThe film only had a short run in cinemas and is among Longford's least known works.[9]
The film appeared on a bill with two supporting Australian films Christmas in Australia and Whaling in Jervis Bay.[10]
References
edit- ^ a b "MOVING PICTURES". Referee. No. 1396. New South Wales, Australia. 6 August 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 7 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
- ^ a b Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press 1989 p 48
- ^ "Advertising". Evening News. No. 14, 414. New South Wales, Australia. 19 August 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 7 January 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Longford Quits Australia; Indicts Govt. Interference.", Everyones., 10 (475 (27 March 1929)), nla.obj-578049585, retrieved 7 January 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Bound printed copy of Minutes of Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia (one of two copies)". National Archives of Australia. NAA: A11636, 4/1. p. 145.
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 40
- ^ "An Australian Film Pioneer.", Everyones., 4 (294 (21 October 1925)), nla.obj-570545333, retrieved 7 January 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "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.
- ^ "ALONG FILM ROW Folk. Fact and Fancy....The Laughs and Laments of the Trade", Everyones., 13 (682 (22 March 1933)), nla.obj-560209152, retrieved 7 January 2024 – via Trove
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