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| Directed by | Charles Chauvel |
| Written by | Charles Chauvel |
| Produced by | Charles Chauvel |
| Starring | Elsa Chauvel (as Elsie Sylvaney) Bruce Gordon Frank Thorn Irma Deardon |
Release date | 20 November 1926[1] |
| Land | Template:FilmAustralia |
| Sprache | Englisch |
| Budget | £3,800[2] |
Greenhide is a 1926 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel.
Plot
Marjory Paton (Elsa Chauvel) leaves the city to live on her father's cattle property, run by "Greenhide Gavin" (Bruce Gordon). She carries romantic notions of the bush, of "being swung to the saddle by big brown arms," but Greenhide Gavin is initially only annoyed by her presence.[1] Greenhide contains a blossoming romance, and the thwarting of a plot to steal cattle.[1]
Production
Greenhide was Charles Chauvel's second film, following The Moth of Moonbi (1926), and his final silent film. Chauvel scouted his leading lady, then Elsie May Wilcox, after seeing her in a stage musical called Crackers at the Cremorne Theatre in Brisbane, Queensland.[3] Though she was reluctant at first to audition, Chauvel convinced her to perform a screentest, and ultimately offered her the role.[3] The pair began a romantic relationship over the course of filming, and Charles and Elsa were married on June 5, 1927,[4] at St James Church, Sydney, the ceremony officiated by Charles' brother, the Reverend John Chauvel.[3]
On-location filming took place at Walloon Station in Dawson Valley, Queensland.[3] The production encampment, a collection of tents accommodating twenty people, was informally named "Camp Greenhide" by locals.[3] Interior filming took place in a studio in Brisbane.[3] Chauvel played a phonograph recording of "In a Monastery Garden" to induce realistic tears from Elsa Chauvel without the need to use glycerine drops.[3]
Release
Greenhide was screened throughout most of Queensland without the use of a distribution agency.[3] Charles and Elsa Chauvel personally transported prints of the film from town to town, and tried to convince theatre owners to replace booked American films with a local alternative.[3] Prior to each screening, Elsa would provide a dramatic monologue and introduction.[3] In Brisbane and Sydney, Greenhide screened through distributor Hoyts,[3] and broke records in Brisbane.[3] Greenhide, in its original form, was 8000 feet long, but today only 2475 feet of 35mm film survive (37 mins at 18 frames per second).[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Greenhide" Title Details, National Film and Sound Archive Accessed on 4 December 2010.
- ^ "£100,000 SPENT." Advocate (Burnie, Tas) 5 Jan 1928: 6 accessed 6 Dec 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Chauvel Carlsson, Susanne (1989) Charles & Elsa Chauvel: Movie Pioneers, University of Queensland Press
- ^ "Chauvel, Elsa (1898 - 1983)", Australian Dictionary of Biography: Online Edition. Accessed on 3 December 2010.