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Issue Details: First known date: 1946... 1946 A Son Is Born
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Film Details - Eric Porter Studios , 1946

Producers:

Eric Porter

Production Companies:

Eric Porter Studios

Director of Photography:

Arthur E. Higgins

Editors:

James Pearson

Production Designers:

Leslie Shearer

Composer:

Sydney John Kay

Cast:

Incl. Muriel Steinbeck (Laurette Graham), Ron Randell (David Graham), Peter Finch (Paul Graham), John McCallum (John Seldon), Jane Holland (Kay Seldon), Kitty Bluett (Phyllis), Peter Dunstan (David Graham as a boy), Cecil Perry (Tazzy), Clifton Penny (Mr Humphries), Eva Moore (Mrs Humphries), Mayne Lynton (Minister), Peter Tate (Dr Roger Grant), Betty Suttor (Vera), Adele Kay (Cook).

Release Dates:

1. 20 September 1946 (Victory Theatre, Sydney).
2. Released on videocassette format in 1999 by the National Film and Sound Archive.

Location:

  • Filmed largely in the Supreme Sound System Studio, North Sydney. Official war-time footage was shot by Damien Parer.

Notes:

1. Eric Porter's only excursion into live-action feature film, A Son is Born was produced with production values (and a cast) that are comparable to Hollywood family melodramas of the period, despite the relatively low budget of £10,000.
2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), p.266.

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