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Rafferfy Goes
On Location
Chips Rafferfy and his company
leave by air tomorrow for Alice Springs,
where he'll produce, "Duwarra," the
story of an old sundowner who solves
Central Australian mysteries.
With the company goes
Jeanette Elphick (17), a
brownette model whom
Rafferty has chosen to ap
pear in the film.
Most of the. principals
in the company have dual
roles. Chips, in addition
, to being producer, of
| course, plays the name
| role. His cameraman is
George Heath, who will
also be co-producer. f
Script-writer Lee Robin
son will double as the
director.
Location work is expect
ed to take seven weeks.
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Comment by Byron Has-
kin after screen-testing
Guy Doleman Grant Tay
lor. Lloyd Berrell, Henry
Gilbert and others for roles
in "His Majesty O'Keefe,"
now before the cameras in
Fiji:
"I'm surprised by the
A amount of male talent, to
v be found in Australia for
so many varied roles. You
have plenty of excellent
male actors; but the girls
are not so easy to find."
Betting among the studio
crew who worked on the
test favors Wendy Gibb for
a native-girl part.
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The success of "La/,
Ronde" (now in its 20th
week) at the Savoy focuses
attention on a small group
of French film workers
who are never seen on the
screen, yet are as highly
paid as the stars.
These are the linguists
who dub French speech on
American pictures lor Con
tinental and North African
exhibition
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They're readying "A
Streetcar Named Desire"
for the Regent in July,
with emphasis on Vivien
Leigh's Oscar-winning
performance as best act
ress of the year. The
august Academy of Mo
tion Picture Arty? and
Sciences would like to
forget the nickname
"Oscar" for its highest
accolade. Bettc Davis is
blamed for naming it
that.
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"X/'ALUE of the metal in
an Oscar is about 30s,
but its intrinsic value sends
stars and producers fight
ing mad. Vivien Leigh's
selection for "Streetcar" is
her second success. If local
picturegoers had a vote,
they should award a spe
cial Oscar to Common
wealth Censor J. O. Alex
ander — he passed the pic
ture without a cut.
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