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{{Short description|1934 film by Harry Southwell}}
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| cinematography = [[Tasman Higgins]]
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| distributor = British Empire Films
| studio = Imperial Feature Films
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| released = 1934
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| country = Australia
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| budget = £10,000<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51276454 |title=Belated HUSH-HUSH About OUR Bushrangers. |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=19 May 1934 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> or £8,000<ref name="everyone"/>
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'''''When the Kellys Rode''''' is a 1934 Australian film directed by [[Harry Southwell]] about [[Ned Kelly]].
'''''When the Kellys Rode''''' is a 1934 Australian film directed by [[Harry Southwell]] about [[Ned Kelly]]. It was forbidden from being exhibited in [[New South Wales]] for more than ten years under the ban on bushranging films.<ref>Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 166.</ref> The government thought that the film glorified bushrangers, and showed the police in a bad light.<ref name =townsville>{{cite web |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61804160|title=When the Kellys Rode |first= |last= |work=Townsville Daily Bulletin |year=23 December 1941 |page=5 |accessdate=20 June 2012}}</ref> Southwell had planned to call the film ''The Kelly Gang'', but the Commonwealth censor objected to the use of the word gang in the title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17031484 |title=The Kelly Film. |first= |last= |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |page=5|year=11 December 1933 |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref> Leslie "Hay" Simpson, a Sydney solicitor, who played Ned Kelly, was later lost at sea between [[Lord Howe Island]] and Sydney.<ref name=townsville/>

==Plot==
The story of [[Ned Kelly]] and his gang. A policeman comes to arrest Dan Kelly, which results in him being shot and Ned Kelly going on the run with his gang. They rob several banks but are captured and killed at the Glenrowan Hotel.


==Cast==
==Cast==
[[File:When the Kellys Rode film poster undated c 1934.jpg|thumb|150px|Poster for the Australian film When the Kellys Rode undated c 1934 Collection State Library Victoria]]
*Hay Simpson as [[Ned Kelly]]<ref name=courier/>
*John Appleton as [[Dan Kelly]]
*Hay Simpson (Leslie Hay-Simpson) as [[Ned Kelly]]<ref name=courier/>
*John Appleton as [[Dan Kelly (bushranger)|Dan Kelly]]
*Norman Wait as [[Joe Byrne]]
*Norman Wait as [[Joe Byrne]]
*Robert Inglis as [[Steve Hart]]
*Robert Inglis as [[Steve Hart]]
*Regena Somerville as [[Kate Kelly (outlaw)|Kate Kelly]]<ref name=courier>{{cite web |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1160235 |title=Kelly Gang theme of new talkie |first= |last=|work=The Courier Mail |year=15 January 1934 |page=18 |accessdate=19 June 2012}}</ref>
*Regena Somerville as [[Kate Kelly (outlaw)|Kate Kelly]]<ref name=courier>{{cite web |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1160235 |title=Kelly Gang theme of new talkie |work=The Courier-Mail|date=15 January 1934 |page=18 |access-date=19 June 2012}}</ref>

==Production==
The film was produced by Imperial Films which was incorporated in 1933 with a capital of £20,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17022215 |title=EMPIRE FILMS. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=8 November 1933 |access-date=25 July 2012 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Southwell had planned to call the film ''The Kelly Gang'', but the Commonwealth censor objected to the use of the word gang in the title.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17031484 |title=The Kelly Film. |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |page=5|date=11 December 1933 |access-date=19 June 2012}}</ref>

It was filmed on location in the [[Megalong Valley]] in the Blue Mountains and in Cinesound's Studio at Rushcutter's Bay. Southwell hired a crew from [[Cinesound Productions]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17038085 |title=HISTORY. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=5 January 1934 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=8 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The film is considered to be first adaptation of the Kelly story with sound.<ref>essay "Films on Ned Kelly" by Justin Corfeild, first published in 2003 in "The Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia"</ref>

==Release==
The film was forbidden from being exhibited in [[New South Wales]] for more than ten years under the [[bushranger ban|ban on bushranging films]].<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 166.</ref> The government thought that the film glorified bushrangers, and showed the police in a bad light.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article10937302 |title=POLICE PROHIBIT FILM "GLORIFYING CRIMINALS". |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |location=Melbourne |date=16 May 1934 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The filmmakers protested but were unsuccessful.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17053330 |title=BANNING OF FILM. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=16 May 1934 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> However the movie was passed, with cuts, for screening in Victoria and other states.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17097114 |title="WHEN THE KELLYS RODE". |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=9 July 1934 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51199259 |title=HOLLYWOOD Bushranger Film is "OUT". |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] | date=27 October 1934 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Critical response was unenthusiastic.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17059708 |title=BANNED FILM. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=18 May 1934 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The film performed poorly at the box office and only returned £750 of which £500 went to the producers.<ref name="everyone"/>

The ban was lifted in 1942<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47176334 |title=FILM OF KELLY GANG. |newspaper=[[The West Australian]] |location=Perth |date=7 January 1942 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and the film was re-released in 1948.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article82912281 |title=KELLY GANG FILM FOR PERTH. |newspaper=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]] |location=Perth |date=9 April 1949 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=18 Edition: FIRST |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article18075238 |title=NEW FILMS IN SYDNEY. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=21 June 1948 |access-date=10 August 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Leslie Hay-Simpson, a Sydney solicitor, who played Ned Kelly, was later lost at sea between [[Lord Howe Island]] and Sydney. He had been on Lord Howe Island during October 1936, acting in ''[[Mystery Island (1937 film)|Mystery Island]]'', a [[Paramount Pictures]] film directed by J. A. Lipman.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17311473 |title=Mystery Island Distribution by Paramount. |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=11 February 1937 | page =4|access-date=20 June 2012}}</ref>


==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122314/ ''When the Kellys Rode''] at [[IMDB]]
* [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122314/ ''When the Kellys Rode''] at [[IMDb]]
*[http://www.ozmovies.com.au/movie/when-the-kellys-rode ''When the Kellys Rode''] at Oz Movies

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Latest revision as of 21:27, 15 May 2024

When the Kellys Rode
Directed byHarry Southwell
Written byHarry Southwell
StarringHay Simpson
CinematographyTasman Higgins
Production
company
Imperial Feature Films
Distributed byBritish Empire Films
Release dates
  • August 1934 (1934-08) (NZ)
  • October 1934 (1934-10) (Australia)
  • June 1948 (1948-06) (re-release)
LandAustralien
Budget£10,000[1] or £8,000[2]
Box office£750[2]

When the Kellys Rode is a 1934 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell about Ned Kelly.

Plot

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The story of Ned Kelly and his gang. A policeman comes to arrest Dan Kelly, which results in him being shot and Ned Kelly going on the run with his gang. They rob several banks but are captured and killed at the Glenrowan Hotel.

Cast

[edit]
Poster for the Australian film When the Kellys Rode undated c 1934 Collection State Library Victoria

Production

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The film was produced by Imperial Films which was incorporated in 1933 with a capital of £20,000.[4]

Southwell had planned to call the film The Kelly Gang, but the Commonwealth censor objected to the use of the word gang in the title.[5]

It was filmed on location in the Megalong Valley in the Blue Mountains and in Cinesound's Studio at Rushcutter's Bay. Southwell hired a crew from Cinesound Productions.[6]

The film is considered to be first adaptation of the Kelly story with sound.[7]

Release

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The film was forbidden from being exhibited in New South Wales for more than ten years under the ban on bushranging films.[8] The government thought that the film glorified bushrangers, and showed the police in a bad light.[9] The filmmakers protested but were unsuccessful.[10] However the movie was passed, with cuts, for screening in Victoria and other states.[11][12]

Critical response was unenthusiastic.[13] The film performed poorly at the box office and only returned £750 of which £500 went to the producers.[2]

The ban was lifted in 1942[14] and the film was re-released in 1948.[15][16]

Leslie Hay-Simpson, a Sydney solicitor, who played Ned Kelly, was later lost at sea between Lord Howe Island and Sydney. He had been on Lord Howe Island during October 1936, acting in Mystery Island, a Paramount Pictures film directed by J. A. Lipman.[17]

References

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  1. ^ "Belated HUSH-HUSH About OUR Bushrangers". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 19 May 1934. p. 2. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Counting the Cash in Australian Films"', Everyones 12 December 1934 p 19-20
  3. ^ a b "Kelly Gang theme of new talkie". The Courier-Mail. 15 January 1934. p. 18. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  4. ^ "EMPIRE FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 8 November 1933. p. 12. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  5. ^ "The Kelly Film". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 December 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 19 June 2012.
  6. ^ "HISTORY". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 January 1934. p. 8. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  7. ^ essay "Films on Ned Kelly" by Justin Corfeild, first published in 2003 in "The Ned Kelly Encyclopaedia"
  8. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 166.
  9. ^ "POLICE PROHIBIT FILM "GLORIFYING CRIMINALS"". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 16 May 1934. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  10. ^ "BANNING OF FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 16 May 1934. p. 13. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  11. ^ ""WHEN THE KELLYS RODE"". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 July 1934. p. 9. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  12. ^ "HOLLYWOOD Bushranger Film is "OUT"". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 27 October 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  13. ^ "BANNED FILM". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 18 May 1934. p. 11. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  14. ^ "FILM OF KELLY GANG". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 January 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  15. ^ "KELLY GANG FILM FOR PERTH". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 9 April 1949. p. 18 Edition: FIRST. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  16. ^ "NEW FILMS IN SYDNEY". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 21 June 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  17. ^ "Mystery Island Distribution by Paramount". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 February 1937. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
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