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'''''If It's a Rose''''' is an Australian television movie, or rather a live television comedy play, which aired in 1958 on [[ABC1|ABC]]. Broadcast live in Sydney on 26 March 1958, it was shown in Melbourne at a later date via a kinescope recording ("telerecording").<ref>https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3TNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865%2C2494820</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>
'''''If It's a Rose''''' is an Australian television movie, or rather a live television comedy play, which aired in 1958 on [[ABC1|ABC]]. Broadcast live in Sydney on 26 March 1958, it was shown in Melbourne at a later date via a kinescope recording ("telerecording").<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3TNVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JJUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3865%2C2494820|date=18 April 1959|page=17|title=TV Guide}}</ref> Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/60-australian-tv-plays-1950s-60s/|magazine=Filmink|title=60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & ‘60s|date=February 18, 2019}}</ref>


Duration was 60 minutes, in black-and-white. Archival status of the program is unknown.
Duration was 60 minutes, in black-and-white. Archival status of the program is unknown. It was written by Darria Niccodemia. Annette Andre was a relatively unknown 18 year old.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date= March 24, 1958|title=Girl's Chance in Live Play|page=11}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Set in Italy. Mario is courting Anna.
Set in Italy. Over the course of one day, Mario is courting Anna.


==Cast==
==Cast==
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*Don Pascoe as Mario
*Don Pascoe as Mario
*[[Ethel Lang (actress)|Ethel Lang]] as the maid
*[[Ethel Lang (actress)|Ethel Lang]] as the maid

==See also==
==See also==
*''[[The Passionate Pianist]]'' - 1957 ABC TV play
*''[[The Passionate Pianist]]'' - 1957 ABC TV play

Revision as of 08:49, 23 January 2020

If It's a Rose is an Australian television movie, or rather a live television comedy play, which aired in 1958 on ABC. Broadcast live in Sydney on 26 March 1958, it was shown in Melbourne at a later date via a kinescope recording ("telerecording").[1] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[2]

Duration was 60 minutes, in black-and-white. Archival status of the program is unknown. It was written by Darria Niccodemia. Annette Andre was a relatively unknown 18 year old.[3]

Plot

Set in Italy. Over the course of one day, Mario is courting Anna.

Cast

See also

References

  1. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 18 April 1959. p. 17.
  2. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  3. ^ "Girl's Chance in Live Play". Sydney Morning Herald. 24 March 1958. p. 11.