Its a charming world where children can have some control over their own destiny, and experience real life on their own terms. The screenplay is based on characters created by syd nicholls in his comic strip, fatty finn. In fact, she wasnt looking for a furry friend at all. If you do not want your posts archived in the bc digest, or want specific posts of yours removed after inclusion, please email the bc digest. The big business of short, funny films, 19181929 silent.
With her busy work schedule, she didnt think she could take care of a canine. Throughout the film they are at war with another group of kids the bad kids and in one scene, fatty is in the wrong alley at the wrong time. For aussies one man lifted their spirits, don bradman. This site is absolutly legal and has only shortcut to other sites on the internet. Fatty finn is a 1980 australian film, directed by maurice murphy and starring ben oxenbould with rebecca rigg. The kid stakes nfsa national film and sound archive. I read that it was the last silent movie ever produced in australia that makes it a piece of history. I am not an australian and i have never heard about the fatty finn comic strip. Silent cinema 43 sport 76 star wars movie posters 27 stock australian daybills 24 superman movie posters 29 surfing movie posters 57 susan hayward 287 tarzan posters 147 us inserts 33. This highly entertaining film is a happy irreverent piece of suburban australiana with a series of lunatic subplots woven around the schoolboy, fatty finn, his friends and enemies, and hector the goat. In 1927 a silent black and white film, the kid stakes, written and directed by tal ordell, was released featuring fatty finn and his goat, hector.
Fatty finn is a 1980 australian film, directed by maurice murphy and starring. Fatty finn, although better drawn than ginger meggs, was less humorous, and ultimately less successful. With ben oxenbould, rebecca rigg, jeremy larsson, martin lewis. The kid stakes 1927, the other fatty finn film, was the last ever australian silent feature film of the silent film period. Fatty finn original daybill movie poster bert newton noni. The films finale, the goat race, however was filmed in rockhampton, queensland, because goat racing was illegal in new south wales. In many ways, the movie is a lot like hal roachs lil rascals series. Along the way, he encounters mishaps with a gang of bullies. Nov 17, 2015 available on dvd through au based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife colour. James finlayson, their antagonist in big business, serves much the same function in 33 laurel and hardy films. Central queensland old pictures and yarns the kid stakes. Fatty finn ben oxenbould aussie comic strip dvd pal rare.
Set in the earlier part of the century, the story concerns fatty, a freckled youngster living in a. Tinseltowns first scandal roscoe arbuckle is accused of killing actress virginia rappe thu 15 sep 2016 00. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity do you want to post a feature film. The 1927 silent film the kid stakes is populated by goats, children, bumbling policemen and some silent slapstick. Silent movie the kid stakes with jan preston tathra hotel. Fatty, head of the neighborhood niceguys, has a final and quite comic confrontation with. Tinseltowns first scandal roscoe arbuckle is accused of killing actress virginia rappe.
Available on dvd through au based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife colour. Fatty finn original daybill movie poster bert newton noni hazlehurst. Nov 14, 2012 based on the very long running 19231977 comic strip series created by syd nicholls, this 1980 feature film follows the adventures of fatty finn and his gang as they get into all sorts of. Fatty finn film fatty finn is a 1980 australian film, directed by maurice murphy and starring ben oxenbould with rebecca rigg. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. His father john finn bert newton is a layabout, and his mother myrtle noni. Central queensland old pictures and yarns is in rockhampton, queensland. Read this faq about determining if something is pd.
Tenyear old local larrikin fatty finn ben oxenbould leads a carefree life of mischief and occasional mayhem. Growing out of syd nicholls popular fatty finn weekly newspaper comic strip, the easygoing characters and likeable story had wide appeal to all ages, and with a charm that continues to entertain to this day. September 12, 20 the kid stakes 1927 is based on the fatty finn comic strip drawn by syd nicholls for the sydney sunday news, until his death in 1977. From left to right are greer garson, leslie howard, george sanders in the rear having a smoke, vivien. Murray shultz, ben oxenbould, martin lewis, greg kelly, hugo grieve, melita simec, sandy leask, rebecca rigg, christian robinson, jeremy larsson tags. The strip endured a number of ups and downs, disappearing for some twenty years, before reestablishing itself in the new sunherald in 1953, and running until nicholls death in 1977. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy. Fatty finn movie fatty finn is a 1980 australian film, directed by maurice murphy and starring ben oxenbould with rebecca rigg. The majority of the shooting locations for the kid stakes were in woolloomooloo and potts point in sydney. Ironically, a comic strip movie of ginger meggs 1982 was made and released soon after this movie. It was the first feature film to be based on an australian comic strip. Nicholls however became frustrated with the limitations of the strip and on 10 june 1928 he introduced an adventure theme by involving fatty in fanciful tales of pirates, cannibals and highwaymen. It centres upon the character fatty finn, created by cartoonist syd nichols.
And they, like my wife and i, need regular fatty finn fixes supplied, till now, courtesy of my own dvddub of a freetoair television screening i captured on video more than a score of years ago. The cook features roscoe fatty arbuckle and buster keaton in a short made by arbuckles own production company. Arguably one of the greatest sportsmen of any sport, the dons cricketing prowess was a ray of sunshine to all australian, especially to one hubert fatty finn. The boy star, fatty finn, was in the film because his dad was involved and was an early casualty in ww2. The mystery of those terrible twins, part 1 an introduction those terrible twins, as they appear in the opening moments of the film, which can be seen in full here.
Posts made to boychat are subject to inclusion in the monthly boychat digest. At the time this was film was made, it was a poor area. The nfsa has released silent classic film the kid stakes 1927 on dvd and bluray for the first time. On the set with ronald colman old hollywood in color.
Rival gangs clash in a sydney ghetto near the end of the depression. The kid stakes is a 1927 australian silent black and white comedy film based on the fatty finn cartoon characters. The film also contained a segment showing nicolls at his drawing board, creating his famous characters. The kid stakes 1927 is one of the real gems of australian silentera cinema. Ben oxenbould, bert newton, noni hazlehurst, gerard kennedy, henri szeps, tony llewellyn jones, greg kelly, lorraine bayley. The hero of our movie is a cute 11 year old blond lad named fatty finn and his group of rapscallions come across as an australian our gang.
The role of fatty finn was played by tal ordells sixyearold son robin, known as pop ordell. Based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife colour, design and 1930s sentiment. Australia like the rest of the world is in the grip of depression. Silent cinema 43 sport 76 star wars movie posters 27. It is, however, based on fatty finn, a cartoonstrip character popular in 1930s australia. The 1927 silent film the kid stakes featured fatty finn and his goat hector and a goat race, and showed nicholls in action drawing his strip. The fiilm was then remade in 1980, from a screenplay by bob ellis and chris mcgill. It is based on the 1930s cartoonstrip character, fatty finn, created by syd nicholls and is loosely based on the 1927 silent film, the kid stakes. The kid stakes 1927 long daybill the vintage movie.
This site doesnt host or upload any movies avi, mov, flv, mpg, mpeg, divx, dvd rip, mp3, mp4, torrent, ipod, psp. Australian silent movie movies from the silent era. Sep 15, 2016 silent film star fatty arbuckle indicted 15 september 1921. If youre still not sure, post a question to the forum below with as much information about the movie. So, i had absolutely no idea what to expect when this film began. The later fatty finn film, fatty finn 1980, is in color, but actually has one blackandwhite sequence. The radio show has the theme called along the road to gundagai, a town over the border from my statevictoria in new south wales where there is a statue of a dog sitting on a tuckerbox. For which movie sigourney weaver shouldve received an oscar. Silent film star fatty arbuckle indicted 15 september 1921. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity. Growing out of syd nicholls popular fatty finn weekly newspaper comic strip, the. Comicstrip characters not only made a comeback but provided heroes for our times. Based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife.
The film was based on the comic strip devised by syd nicholls, which started in the sunday news in september 1923 as fat and his friends, and then became fatty finn in august 1924. This is the only fatty finn movie that is completely in blackandwhite. Hubert fatty finn lives in a world that i remember as a kid, where there was real excitement and real danger round every corner. Home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us. The film is based on characters created by syd nicholls and his comic strip, fatty finn a somewhat iconic character in australia folklore. Although it is sometimes billed as an animated feature, this childrens story is an entirely liveaction film, filled with wacky and sillylooking adults for the amusement of the youngsters. This gem of a movie is just one of the finest family movies ever made. Gallipoli computers miniseries mockumentary silent horses newcastle. However, by the time it was over, both my daughter and i agreed that it was a lot of fun. In 1980 the strip was adapted into a feature film, fatty finn directed by maurice murphy and starring ben oxenbould with rebecca rigg. Movie details for fatty finn 1980 if you like movies inspired by mark twains stories, you will certainly enjoy this film from down under. Australian silent film based on the fatty finn comic strips. He had a dream, to own a crystal set very early radio receiver so as to listen to. The strip ran until nicholls death in 1977, with the last strip running in july 1977.
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