The Broken Melody is a 1938 Australian drama film directed by Ken G. Hall and starring Lloyd Hughes, based on a best-selling novel by F. J. Thwaites. Hall later said in 1974 that "This was a film that I’m particularly keen about still."
Come Up Smiling is a 1939 Australian comedy film starring popular American stage comedian Will Mahoney and his wife Evie Hayes. It was the only feature from Cinesound Productions not directed by Ken G. Hall.
A Ticket in Tatts is a 1934 musical comedy film starring popular stage comedian George Wallace as an accident-prone stablehand. It was the last of three films Wallace made for F. W. Thring.
The Hayseeds is a 1933 Australian musical comedy from Beaumont Smith. It centres on the rural family, the Hayseeds, about whom Smith had previously made six silent films, starting with Our Friends, the Hayseeds (1917). He retired from directing in 1925 but decided to revive the series in the wake of the box office success of On Our Selection (1932). It was the first starring role in a movie for stage actor Cecil Kellaway.
Sheepmates was a proposed Australian film from director F. W. Thring based on a 1931 novel by William Hatfield. It commenced filming in 1933 but was abandoned.
The Man They Could Not Hang is a 1934 Australian film directed by Raymond Longford about the life of John Babbacombe Lee, whose story had been filmed previously in 1912 and 1921. These silent films were called "one of the greatest box-office features that ever came out of this country." The sound film was not as successful.
The Fire on the Snow is a 1941 Australian verse play by Douglas Stewart about the Terra Nova Expedition to Antarctica by Robert Falcon Scott. It premiered on ABC radio on 6 June 1941 to great acclaim and inspired a series of Australian verse dramas on ABC radio.
The Beckoning Shore is a 1950 novel by E. V. Timms. It was the third in his Great South Land Saga of Australian historical novels, and shifts the action to New South Wales.
Ned Kelly is a 1942 radio play by Douglas Stewart about the outlaw Ned Kelly.
The Highwayman is an Australian musical comedy with book, music and lyrics by Edmond Samuels. Set in Bendigo during the Gold Rush in the 1860s, the story concerns the love of an innkeeper's daughter for a highwayman.
The Shades Will Not Vanish is a 1952 Australian novel by Helen Fowler. It was her first novel.
The Unsleeping Eye is a 1928 British film written and directed by Alexander MacDonald. It was filmed on location in Papua.
Dig is a 1937 non-fiction book about the Burke and Wills Expedition by Frank Clune.
Try Anything Once: The Autobiography of a Wanderer is a 1933 Australian autobiography by Frank Clune. It was his first published book and sold well, launching his career. He followed it with a series of similar travel books.
The Kelly Hunters is a 1954 Australian book by Frank Clune about the hunt for bushranger Ned Kelly.
Captain Melville is a 1956 Australian book by Frank Clune about the bushrnager Captain Melville. It was one of a series of influential books about bushrangers by Clune.
The Inner History of the Kelly Gang is a 1929 Australian biography of Ned Kelly and his gang by J. J. Kenneally. For a time it was considered the most authorotative version of Kelly's life.
Captain Bully Hayes is a 1970 Australian book by Frank Clune about Bully Hayes. It has been called "Perhaps the most reliable account of the life of Bully Hayes."
Ossie Wenban (1895–1978) was an Australian actor best known for his appearances in Cinesound's Dad Rudd films starring Bert Bailey.
Jean Blue (1906–1972) was an Australian actress, best known for The Overlanders. She worked extensively in theatre, particularly at the New Theatre in Sydney. Blue was also a trained nurse.
