Word: australian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Secure behind an excellent European reputation and happily outside the smothering bosom of Hollywood's plot cartel, J. Arthur Rank has shunned customary procedure in his totally unorthodox presentation of a documentary film. Centered around the historic migration of Australian cattle herds to escape a threatened Japanese invasion, "The Overlanders" becomes experimental by American standards in its complete emphasis on realism without the added appeal of ersatz excitement. Mr. Rank has successfully produced an absorbing, plausible movie and neatly avoids treading on the worn-down heels of contemporary horse operas...
Cast with Australian players, the level of acting falls below the high standard generally set in English pictures, yet the slight amateurism does not detract greatly from the overall effect of the picture. Chips Rafferty as the tall, gaunt trail boss, can both act and ride, giving an excellent picture of a single-minded bush rider. "The Overlanders" admirably combines simple historical fact with a feasible amount of action to become one of the few examples of a vivid and unprocessed documentary film. The only annoying moment during the picture is the indignant attempt of the Boston Censors to seratch...
...Meringur, near the South Australian border, Farmer Charles Mangan reported the overnight disappearance of a haystack worth $600. An old Mallee pioneer, after placing his false teeth carefully by his bedside, awoke to find them on the floor of another room, mauled by the mice...
...letter cited "the great interest Professor Clark has shown in Australian zoological problems" and said that he had "greatly advanced Australian scientific research." The Royal Society of New South Wales presented the medal...
...ribs broke. Yet she was the favorite of Camp Commander Colonel Suga, who had read and liked her Borneo book. When the first Allied planes came over Kuching, most of the prisoners were too weak to feel joy. Mrs. Keith, always thin, had lost 30 lbs. when the Australian ground troops took Kuching without a fight. Her six-foot husband came out weighing...