Below the Surface (1938 film)
| Below the Surface | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Rupert Kathner |
| Screenplay by | Rupert Kathner |
| Story by | Stan Tolhurst |
| Produced by | Rupert Kathner |
| Starring | Stan Tolhurst |
| Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
| Edited by | Stan Tolhurst |
Production company | Australian Cinema Entertainments |
Release date |
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Running time | 55 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Below the Surface is a 1938 adventure film set in the coal region of Newcastle, Australia. Only part of the movie survives.
Plot[edit]
Two miners compete for an important coal contract. One of them attempts to sabotage the other but fails.
Cast[edit]
- Stan Tolhurst
- Phyllis Reilly
- Neil Carlton
- Jimmy McMahon
- Lawrence Taylor
- Reg King
- Billy Baker
- Leonard Clarke
- Frank Baker
- Billy Crooks
Production[edit]
The main investor in the movie was a prominent music house in Sydney. The film was shot on location in Cronulla, Sydney and Newcastle, with studio work done at Pagewood Studios.[1][2] Kather and Tolhurt built a mine set themselves. Shooting took place from November 1937 to February 1938.[3]
Release[edit]
Like Kathner's first movie, Phantom Gold (1937), it was refused to be considered eligible for registration under the New South Wales Film Quota Act on the grounds of poor quality.[3]
The film was never released to cinemas, the only one of Kather's movies to suffer this fate.[4]
In February 1938 Australian Cinema Entertainments announced plans to make four more features that year for £40,000, the first which was to be Diamonds in the Rough.[5] This did not eventuate. Tolhurst did revive the name with his company, ACE Films, in the late 1940s.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "MINERS' SONS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 1938. p. 11. Retrieved 15 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 December 1937. p. 9. Retrieved 15 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 184
- ^ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press, 1989, p151
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 3 February 1938. p. 8. Retrieved 15 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Ambitious film project by Australians". The Australian Women's Weekly. 27 September 1947. p. 40. Retrieved 15 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
External links[edit]
- Below the Surface at IMDb
- Below the Surface[permanent dead link] at National Film and Sound Archive
- Below the Surface at Oz Movies
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