• Source: Down Under (1927 film)

      • Down Under is an Australian feature-length film directed by Harry Southwell. It was the first full-length feature film made in Western Australia. It featured the outback, as well as Perth and Kings Park.


      Plot


      An Australian vagabond, Walter Nobbage, has a series of adventures, including a trotting race meeting, a cattle muster and an aboriginal corroboree. Nobbage's sweetheart dies and he sacrifices his life for the safe her his dead sweetheart's little boy.


      Cast


      Harry Southwell
      Nancy Mills
      Ivy Deakin
      Alec Weird
      Mrs Compton
      L Laurence
      J Austin
      G Cotter
      G Temple-Poole
      J Hennessy
      D Brown
      J Southwell
      A Raven


      Production


      The film was financed by West Australian businessmen and shot in that state at Erlistoun Station, Laverton and Perth.
      Southwell claimed at the time he had a contract to make six films for distribution in Britain.
      It was the first and only production of Anglo-Australian Films.


      Release


      It premiered on 4 September 1929 in Perth at the Majestic Theatre. The film appears never to have received a commercial release in Britain
      Southwell attempted to set up another company in Australia, Western Southwell Productions, aiming to make a £4,000 movie called Gold. This film was never made.


      References




      External links


      Down Under at IMDb
      Down Under at National Film and Sound Archive

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