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Dark Brown (1957 film)

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Dark Brown
Written byPhilip Johnston[1]
Directed byChristopher Muir[2]
StarringAgnes Dobson
Laura James
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time30 mins[3] or 45 mins[4]
Production companyABC
Original release
Release24 June 1957 (1957-06-24) (live, Melbourne)
Release23 August 1957 (1957-08-23) (taped, Sydney)[5]

Dark Brown is an early Australian television film, broadcast during 1957 on ABC.[6]

It was broadcast live in Melbourne, one of the first TV productions from that city.[7][8]

The play was later filmed again by the ABC in Brisbane in 1963.

Plot

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In London in 1900, a young woman fears that her husband is going to murder her. She is encouraged in this belief by her mother. But all is not as it appears to be.[5]

One listing called it "a psychological drama with a suspense twist".[9]

Cast

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Production

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It was kinescoped (and was repeated several months after the original telecast), and was shown in Sydney (these were the only two cities in Australia with television at the time).[5] Its cast included Walter Brown, Agnes Dobson and British actress Laura James.

Original telecast was on 24 June 1957, repeat telecast via kinescope recording on 30 September 1957.

Repeat

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The show was repeated in Melbourne on 30 September 1957.[10]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Television News". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1957. p. 7.
  2. ^ "Advertisement". The Age. 24 June 1957. p. 12.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 20 June 1957. p. 29.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 August 1957. p. 9.
  5. ^ a b c "All the TV Programs". ABC Weekly. 21 August 1957. p. 36.
  6. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. ^ "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
  8. ^ Television guide, The Age, 26 September 1957, p.14.
  9. ^ "Television news". Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 1957. p. 7.
  10. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 26 September 1957. p. 27.
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