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Uncle Martino

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Uncle Martino
Ad from the Age 24 Aug 1960
Written byVictor Rietti
Music byWilliam Fitzwater
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerChristopher Muir
Running time60 mins[3]
Production companyAustralian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Release24 August 1960 (1960-08-24) (Melbourne, live)[1][2]
Release9 November 1960 (1960-11-09) (Sydney, taped)[4]

Uncle Martino is a 1960 Australian television play. It was directed by Christopher Muir from a play by Guido Cantini.[5][6]

Premise

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In an Italian village, a family is unsure if Uncle Martino is a millionaire or a pauper.[7]

Cast

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Reception

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The Sydney Morning Herald thought that the production "lacked the sheer relish in character-drawing and good humoured gusto that would have made it more than a rather laboured dissection of cupidity."[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Violin Theme for Play". The Age. 18 August 1960. p. 13.
  2. ^ "ABV-2 Retains Wednesday Spot". The Age. 11 August 1960. p. 14.
  3. ^ "TV Guide". The Age. 18 August 1960. p. 35.
  4. ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 7 November 1960. p. 18.
  5. ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  6. ^ "Comedy Lampoons Greedy Relatives". The Age. 18 August 1960. p. 14.
  7. ^ "Comedy Lampoons Greedy Relatives". The Age Supplement. 18 August 1960. p. 2.
  8. ^ "Italian Play On Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 November 1960. p. 15.
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