eMoviePoster.comAuction History Result 4p390 RUGGED O'RIORDANS pressbook '50 Irish immigrants in Australian Outback, Sons of Matthew Date Sold 9/4/2011Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1950 Vintage Theatrical Movie Pressbook (pb; measures 12" x 18"; 6 pages) (Learn More) Charles Chauvel's Sons of Matthew (released in the U.S. in 1950 as "The Rugged O'Riordans"), the 1949 Charles Chauvel Australian family relationship action adventure romantic love triangle melodrama ("Actually filmed in Australia's jungle wilderness!"; about a family of Irish immigrants in the Outback in Australia) starring John O'Malley, Thelma Scott, Michael Pate, Ken Wayne, and Tommy Burns. Note that this movie started filming in March of 1947, but took 18 months to complete because Australia had it's greatest rains in 80 years during the time it was being filmed! After six months on location in Queensland, they moved to a studio in Bondi, to try to escape the rain, but had to return to Queensland for five more months, and then more months in Bondi! It was finally released in Australia in December of 1949 to great success there (it is estimated that 750,000 Australians saw it). Universal Pictures cut the movie by 30 minutes and added an American narration to it, and released it in the U.S. and in England in 1950. It is one of the most important of the early movies filmed in Australia. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that we have provided an image of the front and back covers of this pressbook, and of course, the winner of this auction will receive the entire single pressbook we are auctioning (plus any supplements or heralds described above)! Also note that this pressbook is complete and uncut! Given that theater owners purchased pressbooks partly in order to create their newspaper advertising, and quite frequently cut them up for that purpose, it is rare to find a pressbook that IS complete and uncut! Condition: very good, NO CUTS. Learn More about condition grades
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