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{{Infobox film
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| budget = £335<ref>{{cite book|page=135|first=Christopher|last=Day|chapter=TV Drama|editor=Peter Beilby|title=Australian TV: The First 25 Years|year=1981|publisher=Thomas Nelson}}</ref>
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'''''The Twelve Pound Look''''' is a 1956 live television play which aired on Sydney Australia station ABN-2 (part of ABC) during the opening night of the station. Based on a British stage play by [[J.M. Barrie]], it is significant as it was the very first drama produced for Australian TV.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71763739 |title=200,000 to see TV open |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=3 November 1956 |accessdate=29 May 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Neil|last=Hutchinson|url=http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/publications/abc_weekly/abc_w_3nov56_w.pdf|magazine=ABC Weekly|page=7|title=Television Drama|date=3 November 1956}}</ref> In the early days of Australian television it was common for dramas to be versions of overseas stories.<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>
'''''The Twelve Pound Look''''' is a 1956 live television play which aired on Sydney Australia station ABN-2 (part of ABC) during the opening night of the station. Based on a British stage play by [[J.M. Barrie]], it is significant as it was the very first drama produced for Australian TV.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article71763739 |title=200,000 to see TV open |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |location=Victoria, Australia |date=3 November 1956 |accessdate=29 May 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first=Neil|last=Hutchinson|url=http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/assets/publications/abc_weekly/abc_w_3nov56_w.pdf|magazine=ABC Weekly|page=7|title=Television Drama|date=3 November 1956}}</ref> In the early days of Australian television it was common for dramas to be versions of overseas stories.<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>
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==Cast of 1956 Production==
==Cast of 1956 Production==
[[File:Joan_Lord_cast.png|thumb|right|Joan Lord, Margot Lee, SMH 25 Oct 1956]]
*[[Margo Lee]] as Kate
*[[Margo Lee]] as Kate
*[[Alexander Archdale]] as Sir Harry Sims
*[[Alexander Archdale]] as Sir Harry Sims
*Joan Lord as Lady Sims
*Joan Lord as Lady Sims
==Production==
==Production==
The play had been performed several times on ABC radio in Australia. The television adaptation was broadcast live from the Arcon Studios in Sydney.[[Thelma Afford]] did the designs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48530309 |title=RED IS DANGEROUS...EVEN ON TV |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=4 September 1957 |access-date=16 January 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 October 1956|title=Fashion Designer Has Devised Her Tonal Scale for Film|page=22}}</ref>
The play had been performed several times on ABC radio in Australia. The television adaptation was broadcast live from the Arcon Studios in Sydney (this was before the ABC's better known studios at Gore Hill were open). [[Thelma Afford]] did the designs.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48530309 |title=RED IS DANGEROUS...EVEN ON TV |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |location=Australia, Australia |date=4 September 1957 |access-date=16 January 2020 |page=10 |via=Trove }}</ref> "All colour is reduced to a scale of nine grey tones," said Afford.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald|date=25 October 1956|title=Fashion Designer Has Devised Her Tonal Scale for Film|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123447160/?terms=%22twelve%20pound%20look%22&match=1}}</ref>


"We were probably all a bit nervous, but everything went very smoothly," recalls script assistant Ruth Page.<ref>http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/abchtm/tvbr_operations.htm</ref>
"We were probably all a bit nervous, but everything went very smoothly," recalls script assistant Ruth Page.<ref>http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/abchtm/tvbr_operations.htm</ref>
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Joan Lord was later in ''[[Elizabeth Refuses]]'' and ''The Wraith''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Lane|title=The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|year=2000|page=41}}</ref>
Joan Lord was later in ''[[Elizabeth Refuses]]'' and ''The Wraith''.<ref>{{cite book|first=Richard|last=Lane|title=The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2|publisher=National Film and Sound Archive|year=2000|page=41}}</ref>


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The budget was £33.5<ref>{{cite book|page=135|first=Christopher|last=Day|chapter=TV Drama|editor=Peter Beilby|title=Australian TV: The First 25 Years|year=1981|publisher=Thomas Nelson}}</ref>
==Reception==
==Reception==


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==Melbourne 1957 Production==
==Melbourne 1957 Production==
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[[File:Twelve_Pound_Look.png|thumb|right|Ad from The Age 1 Apr 1957]]
[[File:Twelve_Pound_Look.png|thumb|right|Ad from The Age 1 Apr 1957]]
A different adaptation of the play aired in Melbourne on 1 April 1957.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=309VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6053%2C4116432|title='Live' Barrie Drama Production on TV|date=28 March 1957|page=Supplement 3}}</ref> It cost more than the Sydney production, the final budget being a reported £684.<ref>{{cite book|page=136|first=Christopher|last=Day|chapter=TV Drama|editor=Peter Beilby|title=Australian TV: The First 25 Years|year=1981|publisher=Thomas Nelson}}</ref>
A different adaptation of the play aired in Melbourne on 1 April 1957.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Age|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=309VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KZUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6053%2C4116432|title='Live' Barrie Drama Production on TV|date=28 March 1957|page=Supplement 3}}</ref> It cost more than the Sydney production, the final budget being a reported £684.<ref>{{cite book|page=136|first=Christopher|last=Day|chapter=TV Drama|editor=Peter Beilby|title=Australian TV: The First 25 Years|year=1981|publisher=Thomas Nelson}}</ref>

Revision as of 00:23, 31 October 2020

The Twelve Pound ook
Genrecomedy
Based onplay by J.M. Barrie
Directed byPaul O'Loughlin[1]
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release5 November 1956

The Twelve Pound Look is a 1956 live television play which aired on Sydney Australia station ABN-2 (part of ABC) during the opening night of the station. Based on a British stage play by J.M. Barrie, it is significant as it was the very first drama produced for Australian TV.[2][3] In the early days of Australian television it was common for dramas to be versions of overseas stories.[4]

Kinescope recording existed at the time, and a copy of the play was made - it survives, albeit without sound.

Premise

Sir Harry Sims' first wife Kate returns.

Cast of 1956 Production

File:Joan Lord cast.png
Joan Lord, Margot Lee, SMH 25 Oct 1956

Production

The play had been performed several times on ABC radio in Australia. The television adaptation was broadcast live from the Arcon Studios in Sydney (this was before the ABC's better known studios at Gore Hill were open). Thelma Afford did the designs.[5] "All colour is reduced to a scale of nine grey tones," said Afford.[6]

"We were probably all a bit nervous, but everything went very smoothly," recalls script assistant Ruth Page.[7]

Joan Lord was later in Elizabeth Refuses and The Wraith.[8]

The budget was £33.5[9]

Reception

Australian Women's Weekly called the 1956 version "hard to fault. Acting, direction, camera work, make-up and lighting were all excellent."[10]

Melbourne 1957 Production

The Twelve-Pound Look
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production companyABC
Original release
NetworkABC
Release1 April 1957
File:Twelve Pound Look.png
Ad from The Age 1 Apr 1957

A different adaptation of the play aired in Melbourne on 1 April 1957.[11] It cost more than the Sydney production, the final budget being a reported £684.[12]

It aired on ABV-2 (also part of ABC) and was also approx. 30 minutes.[13]

Archival status of this version is unknown.

Cast

  • Henry Cuthbertson
  • Elizabeth Wing
  • Mary Ward
  • Alfred Bristowe

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ruth Harris". ABC at Gore Hill.
  2. ^ "200,000 to see TV open". The Argus (Melbourne). Victoria, Australia. 3 November 1956. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Hutchinson, Neil (3 November 1956). "Television Drama" (PDF). ABC Weekly. p. 7.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  5. ^ "RED IS DANGEROUS...EVEN ON TV". The Australian Women's Weekly. Australia, Australia. 4 September 1957. p. 10. Retrieved 16 January 2020 – via Trove.
  6. ^ "Fashion Designer Has Devised Her Tonal Scale for Film". Sydney Morning Herald. 25 October 1956. p. 22.
  7. ^ http://www.abctvgorehill.com.au/abchtm/tvbr_operations.htm
  8. ^ Lane, Richard (2000). The Golden Age of Australian Radio Drama Volume 2. National Film and Sound Archive. p. 41.
  9. ^ Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 135.
  10. ^ "TELEVISION PARADE". The Australian Women's Weekly. Vol. 24, no. 24. Australia, Australia. 14 November 1956. p. 26. Retrieved 20 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "'Live' Barrie Drama Production on TV". The Age. 28 March 1957. p. Supplement 3.
  12. ^ Day, Christopher (1981). "TV Drama". In Peter Beilby (ed.). Australian TV: The First 25 Years. Thomas Nelson. p. 136.
  13. ^ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.


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