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The NFSA has unearthed a rare scrapbook created by the McDonagh sisters around the release of their film 'The Far Paradise' in 1928.
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These 1930s Cinesound casting books form the heart of the NFSA and National Portrait Gallery collaborative exhibition, 'Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits'.
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A scrapbook of clippings about the silent feature film The Far Paradise (1928), made by the McDonaghs – sisters Paulette, Phyllis and Isabel.
The scrapbook includes images, press clippings of film...
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Various press clippings from the scrapbooks donated to the NFSA by Simon Townsend.
Many of these clippings are about Woodrow the Bloodhound who was a popular member of the Wonder World! team.
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This is just a tiny sample of viewer submissions, fan letters and fan art sent to Simon Townsend over the years.
The show received hundreds of letters a week from kids and adults all over the country...
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One of five scrapbooks donated to the NFSA by Simon Townsend.
This particular scrapbook was compiled to mark the 1000th episode of the show in 1983.
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This excerpt from a 200-page scrapbook made by New Zealand-born actor Vera James is made up of magazine and newspaper clippings. Each chapter profiles a prominent actor of the time.
Many of the...
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This page from the McDonagh sisters scrapbook documenting their second film The Far Paradise (1928) features a review from The Sunday Times, 24 June 1928 which praises the film for it's production,...
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Colourised portrait of Betty Bryant in scrapbook
