A Yank in Australia

A Yank in Australia
A Yank in Australia
Directed by	Alfred J. Goulding
Written by	Alfred J. Goulding
Starring	; Hartney Arthur
Cinematography	George Malcolm
Production; company	Austral-American Productions
Release date	11 November 1944
Running time	65 mins
Country	Australia
Language	English

A Yank in Australia is a 1942 Australian comedy film directed by Alfred J. Goulding and starring Al Thomas and Hartney Arthur.

Plot[]

Two journalists in New York, American Headlines Haggerty () and Englishman Clarence Worthington (Hartney Arthur) are sent to cover the war in the South Pacific. They get marooned on the Australian coast along with two rival female reporters after a Japanese sub sinks their boat. They are rescued by a girl who lives on the island with her father, Horace. Together they all uncover and stop a plot by the Japanese to invade Australia.

Cast[]

as Headlines Haggerty
Hartney Arthur as Clarence Worthington
as Clara Matthews
as Dolly
as Horace
Alfred J. Goulding as a Japanese spy
Joy Nichols
Marie La Varre

Production[]

The film was shot in 1942 at the Commonwealth Film Laboratory studios in Sydney, with exteriors at Taronga Park Zoo. Several of the cast were established radio performers.^[1]

Release[]

The film took two years to be released, making its world debut in Brisbane on 11 November 1944.^[2] A local critic called it "an example of just how bad a motion picture can be... In every department – production, dialogue, story – A Yank in Australia falls short. Incoherence, incredibility, and inconsistency are spread like treacle over the whole thing."^[3]

Box office receipts were poor but the film was also released in England and the US.^[1]^[4]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 196
^ "FILM PREMIERE ON ARMISTICE NIGHT". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 4 November 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ "New Low Level In Local Film". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 13 November 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
^ "Australian Film Producers, What Next?". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 20 July 1946. p. 4 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

External links[]

A Yank in Australia in the Internet Movie Database
A Yank in Australia at National Film and Sound Archive
A Yank in Australia at Oz Movies

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[Pike-1] Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 196

[2] "FILM PREMIERE ON ARMISTICE NIGHT". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 4 November 1944. p. 5. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

[3] "New Low Level In Local Film". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 13 November 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

[4] "Australian Film Producers, What Next?". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 20 July 1946. p. 4 Supplement: The Argus Week-End Magazine. Retrieved 25 March 2012.

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