Mail (Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), Saturday 9 February 1946, page 8


£73,000 Spent On 'Smithy'

COST of 'Smithy,' Columbia's Australian-made filmabout about the late

air ace, Sir Charles Kingsford . Smith, worked out at £400 a day, or a total of £ 73,000. This is about 10 times what the same* director (Ken G. Hall) had to spend on his first' Australian feature, 'On Our Selection.' It made a lot of money locally, but didn't do anything for Australia's prestigeoverseas overseas as a j film producing | centre. It was a tossup at one time whether the subject would be Smithy or William MorrisHughes: Hughes: 'Smithy' won because it was considered more likely to interest the U.S.A.