form y separately published work icon Always Another Dawn single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Always Another Dawn Zelma Roberts , 1948 single work novel
Issue Details: First known date: 1948... 1948 Always Another Dawn
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Film Details - McCreadie Brothers Embassy Pictures , 1948 - McCreadie Brothers Embassy Pictures , 1949

Producers:

A. K. McCreadie

Production Companies:

McCreadie Brothers Embassy Pictures

Director of Photography:

Harry Malcolm

Editors:

Alex Ezard

Production Designers:

Edmund Barrie

Music:

Iris Mason (Music Director)
Hal Saunders (Music Director)

Cast:

Incl. Charles Tingwell (Terry), Guy Doleman (Warren Melville), Queenie Ashton (Molly Regan), Betty McDowell (Patricia), Douglas Herald (The Commodore), Charles Zoli (Scotty McGrath), Russell Jarrett (Dixie Dean), Max Gibb (Bill Carson), Brian Farmer (Kanga Campbell), William J. Mason (James T. Henderson), Norton Howarth (Tanker Captain), David Lowe (Tanker Mate), Glenn Clark (First Merchant Seaman), Michael Brand (Second Merchant Seaman), Kevin Dunn (Postman), Frank Waters (Commander Regan), Terrence Coy (Small Boy), Lassie (herself). Additional cast members comprised included officers and men of the Royal Australian Navy

Release Dates:

24 September 1948 (Embassy Theatre, Sydney). Released in the United Kingdom (by Eros Films) in 1949. Also released in the USA by Universal (ca. 1949).

Notes:

1. Although Always Another Dawn is essentially a drama, it does contain several musical performances, notably Wilbur Kentwell's 'The Dawn Concerto' (passionately performed in the film by Warren) and the song 'Men of the R.A.N.,' written by T. O. McCreadie.
2. The 1949 English release was shortened by some thirty-five minutes. According to Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, this edition of the film was deemed to be more appealing than the original, which had a premiere season of only two weeks (p. 270). Most criticism was directed towards the film's banal dialogue and the many platitudes about war and tradition. Favourable comments were directed at two particular scenes, however: a boxing match and the piano concerto scene ("1946-1964" in Celluloid Heroes, p5).
3. For reviews of the film see: Monthly Film Bulletin June 1949.
4. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980), p. 270.

Subjects:
  • 1941
Settings:
  • Camden, Camden area, MacArthur area (Camden - Campbelltown), Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1942
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