Dark Brown (1957 film)

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Dark Brown
Written byPhilip Johnston [1]
Directed by Christopher Muir [2]
StarringAgnes Dobson
Laura James
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins [3] or 45 mins [4]
Production companyABC
Original release
Release24 June 1957 (1957-06-24) (live, Melbourne)
Release23 August 1957 (1957-08-23) (taped, Sydney) [5]

Dark Brown is an early Australian television film, broadcast during 1957 on ABC. [6]

Contents

It was broadcast live in Melbourne, one of the first TV productions from that city. [7] [8]

The play was later filmed again by the ABC in Brisbane in 1963.

Plot

In London in 1900, a young woman fears that her husband is going to murder her. She is encouraged in this belief by her mother. But all is not as it appears to be. [5]

One listing called it "a psychological drama with a suspense twist". [9]

Cast

Production

It was kinescoped (and was repeated several months after the original telecast), and was shown in Sydney (these were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time). [5] Its cast included Walter Brown, Agnes Dobson and British actress Laura James.

Original telecast was on 24 June 1957, repeat telecast via kinescope recording on 30 September 1957.

Repeat

The show was repeated in Melbourne on 30 September 1957. [10]

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Television News". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1957. p. 7.
  2. ↑ "Advertisement". The Age. 24 June 1957. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1957. p. 29.
  4. ↑ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 August 1957. p. 9.
  5. 1 2 3 "All the TV Programs". ABC Weekly. 21 August 1957. p. 36.
  6. ↑ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. ↑ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
  8. ↑ Television guide, The Age, 26 September 1957, p.14.
  9. ↑ "Television news". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1957. p. 7.
  10. ↑ "TV Guide". The Age. 26 September 1957. p. 27.
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