This is an excerpt from a mute trailer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Million Dollar Mermaid (Mervyn LeRoy, USA, 1952).

Hollywood actress Lauren Bacall talks about overcoming a case of nervous shakes on the set of her first big movie.

Mike Walsh introduces an interview with Jane Fonda saying that 1978 has been dubbed 'the year of the actress'.

Jamie Lee Curtis talks with guest compere Ita Buttrose about tiring of being a 'scream queen'. She admits 'I'm a little tired of screaming ...

This is a transcript of an excerpt from a 2020 interview with director Justin Kurzel on BBC Radio 4's The Film Programme, with Francine Stock. Courtesy BBC 4.

This is a transcript of an excerpt from a 2018 interview with actress Nicole Kidman on the Aussies in Hollywood podcast, hosted by Jenny Cooney. Courtesy Jenny Cooney.

This is a transcript of an excerpt from a 2018 interview with actor Ben Mendelsohn on the Aussies in Hollywood podcast, hosted by Jenny Cooney.

In 2020 the NFSA screened the documentary Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound, followed by a Q&A with award-winning Australian sound designer Emma Bortignon.

Annette Kellerman photographed during a visit to the set of Million Dollar Mermaid (1952). Esther William starred as Kellerman and is pictured wearing a gold sequined unitard.

Chinese silent actress Anna May Wong in Australia.