A look at Betty Bryant, once Australia’s most famed film ingénue, who features in the exhibition Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits, now open on the Gold Coast.

Hand tinted wedding photo of Betty Bryant with Maurice Silverstein.

Betty Bryant wearing a shawl next to a crucifix in a scene from Forty Thousand Horsemen.

Betty Bryant on the set of Forty Thousand Horsemen holding a basket of oranges with Chips Rafferty and other actors dressed in uniform.

Betty Bryant on the set of Forty Thousand Horsemen wearing a peasant dress and reclining among earthenware pots.