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The Magic Shoes (1935 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Magic Shoes' is a 1935 Australian short film based on the fairy tale 'Cinderella'. It features the first screen performance by Peter Finch and Helen Hughes, daughter of former Prime Minister William Hughes and was the first dramatised movie to be shot at the National Studios, built to make 'The Flying Doctor' (1936).
Today 'The Magic Shoes' is considered a lost film.[http://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/film/australias-lost-films 'Australia's 'Lost' Films' at National Film and Sound Archive] However 33 production and publicity stills relating to the film were discovered in 2006.[http://info.anu.edu.au/mac/Newsletters_and_Journals/On_Campus/097PP_2006/05PP_May/_film.asp?p=1 'Film Find Snap for an Intern' ANU Newsletter 24 May 2006][http://afcarchive.screenaustralia.gov.au/newsandevents/at_archive/csar/treasure/newspage_272.aspx 'Lost Treasure Trove Discovered' AFC website]
Premise
A "pantomine fantasy".
Cast
*Peter Finch as Prince Charming
*Gloria Gotch
*Helen Hughes
*Norman French
*Sheilah Parry as the fairy princess
*Andrew Higginson as the policeman
*Phil Smith
*Peter Dawson as the equerry
*Bertie Wright as the jester
*George Hurt
*Carleton Stuart
Production
It was the first production from Pacific Productions. This was a new company capitalised at 10,000 headed by George Wirth, a wealthy circus personality, which wanted to focus on making shorts.
The crew included future war photographer Damien Parer and among the cast were Phil Smith, father of actor Mona Barrie; Peter Dawson, a New Zealand comedian, dancer and eccentric dancer; Helen Hughes, daughter of Billy Hughe; Peter Finch; and a number of children who were students at an acting school run by director Claude Flemming with Frank Harvey.
Filming finished by November 1935. It was originally scheduled for 11 days and finished in eight.
Editing was completed the following month.
Reception
The film failed to find a distributor and was not a financial success.
See also
*List of lost films
References
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