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      • Seeking 'The Sentimental Bloke': A Location Guide
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      • The 1916 Film Diary
      • Rudolph Valentino: An Unlikely Australian Idol
      • Australia and 'The Birth of a Nation' (1915)
      • A Tribute to Bill Collins
      • The Globe Theatre, Sydney: A Case of Accidental Preservation
    • Miscellaneous Musings >
      • 'Titanic' and Silent Film
      • Silent Film, Psychology And The Quest For 'Inner Space'
      • Seeing Double: Twins in SIlent Film
      • The Many Lives of the 'Lottie Carson'
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Essays and Research

Australians In The Movies

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A selection of my essays on Australian filmmakers, productions and performers.
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  • The Making of The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1915) - One of World War I's most notorious incidents becomes an early Australian-made screen hit.
  • The Mystery of Those Terrible Twins (1925) - Before the classic silent film The Kid Stakes (1927) came this oddity, an 'orphan' film, the surprising circumstances of whose production were lost to time - until now.
  • Yvonne Banvard: The Mack Sennett Girl Who Wasn't - Obituaries listed veteran Australian actress Yvonne 'Fifi' Banvard as a 'former Mack Sennett bathing beauty'. Was she? No. But her real story is even more interesting.

Australians At The Movies

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Essays and research on Australian film attendance, showmanship and exhibition:
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  • ​ The 1916 Film Diary- The filmgoing habits of 24 year old Margaret Higgins, as recorded in her diary, amidst the tumult of World War I. A major research project undertaken for the anniversary of the Great War.
  • Rudolph Valentino: An Unlikely Australian Idol - How did Australia become the world's most receptive market for Italian-American superstar Rudolph Valentino?
  • Carpetbaggers, Roadshows, and Another Nation's Problems: 'The Birth of a Nation' Comes To Australia - D.W. Griffith's controversial classic was expected to be a surefire hit in a nation in the grip of the White Australia policy. The truth was more complicated.

Miscellaneous Musings

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A selection of essays, reflections and research on international silent and early sound cinema:
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  • 'Titanic' and Silent Film - A short essay for the centenary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic.
  • Silent Film, Psychology And The Quest For 'Inner Space'- An essay written for the 2015 For The Love of Film Blogathon, on the theme of 'science fiction'.
  • Seeing Double: Twins in Silent Film - My contribution to the 2012 For The Love of Film Blogathon.

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  • Home
  • Essays and Research
    • Australians In The Movies >
      • The Making of 'The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell' (1916)
      • The Mystery of 'Those Terrible Twins' (1925)
      • Yvonne Banvard - The Mack Sennett Girl Who Wasn't
      • Seeking 'The Sentimental Bloke': A Location Guide
    • Australians at the Movies >
      • The 1916 Film Diary
      • Rudolph Valentino: An Unlikely Australian Idol
      • Australia and 'The Birth of a Nation' (1915)
      • A Tribute to Bill Collins
      • The Globe Theatre, Sydney: A Case of Accidental Preservation
    • Miscellaneous Musings >
      • 'Titanic' and Silent Film
      • Silent Film, Psychology And The Quest For 'Inner Space'
      • Seeing Double: Twins in SIlent Film
      • The Many Lives of the 'Lottie Carson'
  • Festival and Film Reviews
    • Cinecon Classic Film Festival >
      • 2016
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2013
      • 2012
    • San Francisco Silent Film Festival >
      • 2017
      • 2015
      • 2014
      • 2012
    • Australia's Silent Film Festival >
      • 2011
      • 2010
    • Buster Keaton's 'The General' 90th Anniversary >
      • The General - Location Tour Part I
      • The General - Location Tour Part 2
  • Contact Me
  • Blog