Red Sky at Morning [Escape at Dawn]

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Event Red Sky at Morning [Escape at Dawn]
Venue Savoy Theatre, Wollongong, NSW
First Date 13 November 1950
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description Filmed version of Cusack's play produced in mid 1943. Re-edited in 1948 and released in England under a different title where it was poorly received. Pike and Cooper were not able to find an Australian screening but Trove allows indentification of this event as probably the Australian premiere.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Other
Secondary Genre Film
Subjects Colonial
Convicts
Historical
Sex
Social Issues
Organisations
Contributors
Name Function Notes
John Alden Actor Captain Farley
Dorothea Dunstan Actor Emma
Peter Finch Actor Michael
Jean McAlister Actor Alicia
Des Rolfe Actor Inn keeper
Dorothy Whiteley Actor Inn keeper's wife
Rupert Kathner Cinematographer
Hartney J Arthur Director
Dymphna Cusack Playwright
Hartney J Arthur Screenwriter
Works
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Newspaper Advertising (1950, November 9). South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW : 1900 - 1954), p. 4. Retrieved August 8, 2020, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142740692
Book Pike and Cooper, Australian Film 1900-1977 (318)
Web IMDB.com 'Red Sky at Morning'
Web IMDB.com 'Red Sky at Morning'
Australian Drama Project (UQ) Key REDSKYADC
Data Set AusStage
Event Identifier 98872