The Squatter's Daughter
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The Squatter's Daughter is a 1933 Australian melodrama starring Jocelyn Howarth
. It is based on a 1907 play
by Bert Bailey
and Edmund Duggan
which had been previously filmed in 1910
.
hired novelist E.V. Timms
to work on him with the adaptation, but Hall was not happy with the result, so he brought on his old boss, Gayne Dexter
, to do a rewrite.
Jocelyn Howarth was a discovery of director Ken G. Hall. She moved to Hollywood and had a career under the name "Constance Worth
".
A novelisation of the script by Charles Melaun was published in 1933.
Constance Worth
Constance Worth was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s.-Early life and career:...
. It is based on a 1907 play
The Squatter's Daughter (play)
The Squatter's Daughter or, The Land of the Wattle is a 1907 Australian play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan, writing under the combined pseudonym Albert Edmunds.-Synopsis:...
by Bert Bailey
Bert Bailey
Albert Edward Bailey , better known as Bert Bailey, was a New Zealand-born writer and actor best known for playing Dad Rudd on stage and screen.-Biography:...
and Edmund Duggan
Edmund Duggan (playwright)
Edmund Duggan was an Irish-Australian actor and playwright best known for writing a number of plays with Bert Bailey including The Squatter's Daughter and On Our Selection . His solo career was less successful than Bailey's. His sister Eugenie was known as "The Queen of Melodrama"...
which had been previously filmed in 1910
The Squatter's Daughter (1910 film)
The Squatter's Daughter is a 1910 Australian silent film based on the popular play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan.-Synopsis:The plot concerns the rivalry between two neighboring sheep stations, Enderby and Waratah...
.
Synopsis
Joan Enderby (Jocelyn Howarth) runs her family sheep station but is about to lose it because she can't afford to buy the lease from the Sherringtons, who run the neighbouring station, Waratah. While Ironbark Sherrington (W Lane Bayliff) has been away in London looking for a cure to save his sight, his son Clive (John Warwick) and overseer, Fletcher (Les Warton) have planned to bankrupt Enderby station. Joan is helped by a mysterious newcomer, Wayne Ridgeway (Grant Lindsay), who is actually the rightful heir to the Sherrington estate. There is a subplot about Joan’s crippled brother Jimmy (Owen Ainley) who is in love with Zena (Kathleen Esler), daughter of Jebal Zim (Claude Turton), an Afghan trader. When Zim tries to tell Ironbark that Ridgeway is the true heir, Fletcher kills him and abducts Zena. Joan and Ridgeway manage to fight a bushfire that threatens Enderby, deliver sheep, rescue Zenaand capture Fletcher.Production
Director Ken G. HallKen G. Hall
Kenneth George Hall, AO OBE , better known as Ken G. Hall, was an Australian film director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry.-Early years:...
hired novelist E.V. Timms
E.V. Timms
Edward Vivian Timms , better known as E.V. Timms, was an Australian novelist and screenwriter. He was injured serving in the Gallipoli Campaign during World War I and was an unsuccessful soldier settler before turning to writing. He became a popular novelist, and also wrote scripts for films and...
to work on him with the adaptation, but Hall was not happy with the result, so he brought on his old boss, Gayne Dexter
Gayne Dexter
Gayne Robert Dexter , better known as Gayne Dexter, was an Australian journalist, publicist and screenwriter. He was head of publicity at Union Theatres and Australasian Films in the 1910s, where his assistant was a young Ken G. Hall...
, to do a rewrite.
Jocelyn Howarth was a discovery of director Ken G. Hall. She moved to Hollywood and had a career under the name "Constance Worth
Constance Worth
Constance Worth was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s.-Early life and career:...
".
A novelisation of the script by Charles Melaun was published in 1933.
Reception
UK distribution rights were bought by MGM for ₤7,500; the film was released there under the titled of Down Under.Cast
- Jocelyn HowarthConstance WorthConstance Worth was an Australian actress who became a Hollywood star in the late 1930s.-Early life and career:...
as Joan Enderby - Grant LyndsayDick FairDick Fair , full name Richard Edward Fair, was an Australian actor and radio compere, best known for hosting the enormously-popular radio shows 'Australia's Amateur Hour' and 'Australia's Hour of Song'...
- John WarwickJohn WarwickJohn Warwick was an Australian film and television actor.-Selected filmography:* On Our Selection * In the Wake of the Bounty * The Squatter's Daughter * Riding High...
External links
- The Squatter's Daughter in the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- The Squatter's Daughter at Australian Screen OnlineAustralian Screen OnlineAustralian Screen Online is an on-line database operated by the Australian National Film and Sound Archive. It provides information about and excerpts from a wide selection of Australian feature films, documentaries, television programs, newsreels, short films, animations, and home-movies. It also...
- The Squatter's Daughter at National Film and Sound ArchiveNational Film and Sound ArchiveThe National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...