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Film Details - Australasian Films , 1928

Producers:

Norman Dawn

Production Companies:

Australasian Films

Director of Photography:

Arthur Higgins

William Trerise

Editors:

Mona Donaldson

Production Designers:

James Coleman

Cast:

Incl. Edith Roberts (Luya), Edmund Burns (Stephen Conn), Walter Long (Fursey), Jessica Harcourt (Diedre Rose), Jack Gavin (Carberry), Katherine Dawn .(Elizabeth), Arthur McLaglen (Iron Devil), Arthur Tauchert (Mack), Fred Twitcham (Sir John Blackberry), Compton Coutts (Pooch), William O'Hanlon (Pearler 1), Claude Turton (Pearler 2), Charles Weatherby, Tom Dalton, Walter Hunt.

Release Dates:

25 June 1928 (Tivoli Theatre, Brisbane - premiere). The film was given limited release in the USA in 1929 under the title Black Cargoes of the South Seas.

Location:

Filmed on location in Fiji. Interior scenes were shot at Australasian Films Bondi studios.

Notes:

1. This was the final feature film for Australasian Films. The high cost of this production (£35,000), on top of the £50,000 pounds spent on For the Term of His Natural Life (q.v.), and compounded by the uncertainty surrounding the new sound film, was more than the company could justify. Without a guaranteed commitment from overseas distributors, the company focused instead on its heavy commitments in theatre construction.

2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980, q.v.), p. 189.

Subjects:

Settings:

South Pacific, Pacific Region,

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