Rupert Kathner (Ben Mendelsohn) always had stars in his eyes. He wanted to make movies and wanted the whole world to see them. It was at a screening of a pilot for one of his films to studio execs that he met a woman who would change his life. Alma Brooks (Victoria Hill) was working as a secretary at the studio when she met Rupe. When they paired up, a revolutionary filmmaking duo was born. Despite opposition from the Police Commissioner himself, they produced the first true crime movie ever made in Australia: \u27The Pyjama Girl Murder Case\u27. In the end, even the Commissioner gave it his blessing and it was an instant success. In fact, every film they ever made was shown on the big screen. Over the course of 15 years together, these mav...
From: I killed the Count / Alec Coppel.; Part of the collection: J.C. Williamson collection of photo...
From: I killed the Count / Alec Coppel.; Part of the collection: J.C. Williamson collection of photo...
The recent attention given to American B movies tends to overlook Australia's own industry of B...
In 1939, Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks began a movie-making spree that took on Hollywood barons, po...
This book critically examines the films of Australian independent filmmaker Rupert Kathner who, from...
Alec Morgan's documentary biopic "Hunt Angels" (2006) is reviewed. The suggestion is made that it is...
December 2002: After the Film and History Conference in Adelaide, I am flying home, having given my ...
Heavenly Creatures is a dramatised representation of events leading to the 1954 Parker-Hulme murder ...
Isabel, Phyllis, and Paulette McDonagh were sisters, business partners, and creative collaborators w...
Despite suggestions of a bright future from the industry's leading film producers in 1938, Australia...
Although they occupy a marginal position in the national cinema canon, crime films have been a consi...
The art of the filmmaker is to create the illusion of reality within the artistic limitations of the...
Gillian Armstong came to prominence in the 1970s as an outstanding young Australian film director, w...
Hollywood Independent dissects the Mirisch Company, one of the most successful employers of the pack...
This film features two separate artists. About Arthur Art Harold Beal: Arthur Art Harold Beal wa...
From: I killed the Count / Alec Coppel.; Part of the collection: J.C. Williamson collection of photo...
From: I killed the Count / Alec Coppel.; Part of the collection: J.C. Williamson collection of photo...
The recent attention given to American B movies tends to overlook Australia's own industry of B...
In 1939, Rupert Kathner and Alma Brooks began a movie-making spree that took on Hollywood barons, po...
This book critically examines the films of Australian independent filmmaker Rupert Kathner who, from...
Alec Morgan's documentary biopic "Hunt Angels" (2006) is reviewed. The suggestion is made that it is...
December 2002: After the Film and History Conference in Adelaide, I am flying home, having given my ...
Heavenly Creatures is a dramatised representation of events leading to the 1954 Parker-Hulme murder ...
Isabel, Phyllis, and Paulette McDonagh were sisters, business partners, and creative collaborators w...
Despite suggestions of a bright future from the industry's leading film producers in 1938, Australia...
Although they occupy a marginal position in the national cinema canon, crime films have been a consi...
The art of the filmmaker is to create the illusion of reality within the artistic limitations of the...
Gillian Armstong came to prominence in the 1970s as an outstanding young Australian film director, w...
Hollywood Independent dissects the Mirisch Company, one of the most successful employers of the pack...
This film features two separate artists. About Arthur Art Harold Beal: Arthur Art Harold Beal wa...
From: I killed the Count / Alec Coppel.; Part of the collection: J.C. Williamson collection of photo...
From: I killed the Count / Alec Coppel.; Part of the collection: J.C. Williamson collection of photo...
The recent attention given to American B movies tends to overlook Australia's own industry of B...