Australia like the rest of the world is in the grip of depression. The suburb where it is set is wooloomoloo, which is an inner city suburb between the cbd and potts point. This gem of a movie is just one of the finest family movies ever made. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity. Silent movie the kid stakes with jan preston tathra hotel. Silent cinema 43 sport 76 star wars movie posters 27. The 1927 silent film the kid stakes is populated by goats, children, bumbling policemen and some silent slapstick. For aussies one man lifted their spirits, don bradman.
Sep 15, 2016 silent film star fatty arbuckle indicted 15 september 1921. So, i had absolutely no idea what to expect when this film began. Fatty finn original daybill movie poster bert newton noni. Growing out of syd nicholls popular fatty finn weekly newspaper comic strip, the easygoing characters and likeable story had wide appeal to all ages, and with a charm that continues to entertain to this day. The film was based on the comic strip devised by syd nicholls, which started in the sunday news in september 1923 as fat and his friends, and then became fatty finn in august 1924. If youre still not sure, post a question to the forum below with as much information about the movie. The kid stakes 1927, the other fatty finn film, was the last ever australian silent feature film of the silent film period. With ben oxenbould, rebecca rigg, jeremy larsson, martin lewis.
Fatty finn movie fatty finn is a 1980 australian film, directed by maurice murphy and starring ben oxenbould with rebecca rigg. Silent film star fatty arbuckle indicted 15 september 1921. Fatty finn is a 1980 australian film, directed by maurice murphy and starring ben oxenbould with rebecca rigg. Fatty finn, although better drawn than ginger meggs, was less humorous, and ultimately less successful. Nov 17, 2015 available on dvd through au based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife colour. Home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us. The 1927 silent film the kid stakes featured fatty finn and his goat hector and a goat race, and showed nicholls in action drawing his strip. View a list of all the feature films sorted by popularity do you want to post a feature film. Go to the internet movie database laserdisc database buy posters from buy posters from moviegoods buy. The screenplay is based on characters created by syd nicholls in his comic strip, fatty finn. For which movie sigourney weaver shouldve received an oscar. And they, like my wife and i, need regular fatty finn fixes supplied, till now, courtesy of my own dvddub of a freetoair television screening i captured on video more than a score of years ago.
Read this faq about determining if something is pd. The film is based on characters created by syd nicholls and his comic strip, fatty finn a somewhat iconic character in australia folklore. The big business of short, funny films, 19181929 silent. Australian silent movie movies from the silent era. Silent cinema 43 sport 76 star wars movie posters 27 stock australian daybills 24 superman movie posters 29 surfing movie posters 57 susan hayward 287 tarzan posters 147 us inserts 33. The later fatty finn film, fatty finn 1980, is in color, but actually has one blackandwhite sequence. The hero of our movie is a cute 11 year old blond lad named fatty finn and his group of rapscallions come across as an australian our gang. Fatty finn ben oxenbould aussie comic strip dvd pal rare. It was the first feature film to be based on an australian comic strip. Tinseltowns first scandal roscoe arbuckle is accused of killing actress virginia rappe thu 15 sep 2016 00. It is based on the 1930s cartoonstrip character, fatty finn, created by syd nicholls and is loosely based on the 1927 silent film, the kid stakes.
Comicstrip characters not only made a comeback but provided heroes for our times. It is, however, based on fatty finn, a cartoonstrip character popular in 1930s australia. Growing out of syd nicholls popular fatty finn weekly newspaper comic strip, the. Throughout the film they are at war with another group of kids the bad kids and in one scene, fatty is in the wrong alley at the wrong time. Feature films, shorts, silent films and trailers are available for viewing and downloading. The kid stakes 1927 is one of the real gems of australian silentera cinema. This site is absolutly legal and has only shortcut to other sites on the internet. Nov 14, 2012 based on the very long running 19231977 comic strip series created by syd nicholls, this 1980 feature film follows the adventures of fatty finn and his gang as they get into all sorts of.
Hubert fatty finn lives in a world that i remember as a kid, where there was real excitement and real danger round every corner. Ben oxenbould, bert newton, noni hazlehurst, gerard kennedy, henri szeps, tony llewellyn jones, greg kelly, lorraine bayley. The fiilm was then remade in 1980, from a screenplay by bob ellis and chris mcgill. Fatty finn original daybill movie poster bert newton noni hazlehurst. The radio show has the theme called along the road to gundagai, a town over the border from my statevictoria in new south wales where there is a statue of a dog sitting on a tuckerbox.
I am not an australian and i have never heard about the fatty finn comic strip. However, by the time it was over, both my daughter and i agreed that it was a lot of fun. The role of fatty finn was played by tal ordells sixyearold son robin, known as pop ordell. Ironically, a comic strip movie of ginger meggs 1982 was made and released soon after this movie. He had a dream, to own a crystal set very early radio receiver so as to listen to. On the set with ronald colman old hollywood in color. The strip endured a number of ups and downs, disappearing for some twenty years, before reestablishing itself in the new sunherald in 1953, and running until nicholls death in 1977. Arguably one of the greatest sportsmen of any sport, the dons cricketing prowess was a ray of sunshine to all australian, especially to one hubert fatty finn. Available on dvd through au based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife colour. At the time this was film was made, it was a poor area. Gallipoli computers miniseries mockumentary silent horses newcastle.
Along the way, he encounters mishaps with a gang of bullies. The kid stakes 1927 long daybill the vintage movie. Rival gangs clash in a sydney ghetto near the end of the depression. This highly entertaining film is a happy irreverent piece of suburban australiana with a series of lunatic subplots woven around the schoolboy, fatty finn, his friends and enemies, and hector the goat. This site doesnt host or upload any movies avi, mov, flv, mpg, mpeg, divx, dvd rip, mp3, mp4, torrent, ipod, psp. The boy star, fatty finn, was in the film because his dad was involved and was an early casualty in ww2. His father john finn bert newton is a layabout, and his mother myrtle noni. In fact, she wasnt looking for a furry friend at all. In many ways, the movie is a lot like hal roachs lil rascals series. The kid stakes is a 1927 australian silent black and white comedy film based on the fatty finn cartoon characters. It centres upon the character fatty finn, created by cartoonist syd nichols. Central queensland old pictures and yarns the kid stakes. This is the only fatty finn movie that is completely in blackandwhite. The strip ran until nicholls death in 1977, with the last strip running in july 1977.
The film also contained a segment showing nicolls at his drawing board, creating his famous characters. The mystery of those terrible twins, part 1 an introduction those terrible twins, as they appear in the opening moments of the film, which can be seen in full here. Posts made to boychat are subject to inclusion in the monthly boychat digest. The cook features roscoe fatty arbuckle and buster keaton in a short made by arbuckles own production company. Murray shultz, ben oxenbould, martin lewis, greg kelly, hugo grieve, melita simec, sandy leask, rebecca rigg, christian robinson, jeremy larsson tags.
The nfsa has released silent classic film the kid stakes 1927 on dvd and bluray for the first time. It is based on the 1930s cartoonstrip character, fatty finn, created by syd nicholls and is loosely based on the 1927 silent. Tinseltowns first scandal roscoe arbuckle is accused of killing actress virginia rappe. Based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife. Tenyear old local larrikin fatty finn ben oxenbould leads a carefree life of mischief and occasional mayhem. If you do not want your posts archived in the bc digest, or want specific posts of yours removed after inclusion, please email the bc digest. Fatty, head of the neighborhood niceguys, has a final and quite comic confrontation with.
Nicholls however became frustrated with the limitations of the strip and on 10 june 1928 he introduced an adventure theme by involving fatty in fanciful tales of pirates, cannibals and highwaymen. Movie details for fatty finn 1980 if you like movies inspired by mark twains stories, you will certainly enjoy this film from down under. I read that it was the last silent movie ever produced in australia that makes it a piece of history. James finlayson, their antagonist in big business, serves much the same function in 33 laurel and hardy films.
September 12, 20 the kid stakes 1927 is based on the fatty finn comic strip drawn by syd nicholls for the sydney sunday news, until his death in 1977. The majority of the shooting locations for the kid stakes were in woolloomooloo and potts point in sydney. Set in the earlier part of the century, the story concerns fatty, a freckled youngster living in a. Australian silent film based on the fatty finn comic strips. In 1927 a silent black and white film, the kid stakes, written and directed by tal ordell, was released featuring fatty finn and his goat, hector. Fatty finn film fatty finn is a 1980 australian film, directed by maurice murphy and starring ben oxenbould with rebecca rigg. The films finale, the goat race, however was filmed in rockhampton, queensland, because goat racing was illegal in new south wales. From left to right are greer garson, leslie howard, george sanders in the rear having a smoke, vivien. Its a charming world where children can have some control over their own destiny, and experience real life on their own terms. Based on syd nicholls popular comic strip series, the liveaction antics of fatty finn leap from page to screen in classic largerthanlife colour, design and 1930s sentiment.
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