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Pommy Arrives in Australia
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Wikipedia article
'Pommy Arrives in Australia' is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. The director's first comedy, and the first purely comic feature made in Australia,Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, 'Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years', Currency Press 1989 p 48 it is considered a lost film.
Synopsis
An English immigrant is caught up in a series of comic incidents in Australia due to a trio of local tomboys.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 40
Cast
*Lottie Lyell
*Tom Cosgrove
*Tien Hogue
*Helen Fergus
Production
There had been comic shorts made in Australia prior to this movie, such as 'Percy Gets a Job' (1912) but this was the first feature-length comedy. Longford later went on to make the comedy short 'Ma Hogan's New Boarder'.
Reception
The film only had a short run in cinemas and is among Longford's least known works.
References
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