AustLit
1683043406189382983.jpg
Still from the film, published in Table Talk, 30 April 1925, p.20 (via Trove Australia)
Adaptation of
Floradora
1899
single work
musical theatre
Issue Details:
First known date:
1925...
1925
Painted Daughters
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.
Film Details - Australasian Films , 1925
Production Companies:
Australasian Films.
Director of Photography:
Lacey Percival.
Editors:
F. Stuart-Whyte.
Cast:
Including Zara Clinton (Mary Elliott), Nina Devitt (Maryon Fielding), Billie Sim (Rita Railton), Marie Lorraine (Evelyn Shaw), Loretta May (Sheila Kay), Fernande Butler (Nina Walcott), Lucille Lisle (Olive Lennox), Peggy Pryde (wardrobe mistress), Belle Bates (Salvation Nell), Phyllis du Barry (Saharab), Rawdon Blandford (Courtland Nixon), Martin Walker (Warren Fielding), William O'Hanlon (Ernest Glenning), Compton Coutts (Harry Selby), Billy Ryan (Eric Thurston), Herbert Walton (Harry Gratton), Grafton Williams (Edward Thayne), Roland Conway (Charles Dailey), Louis Witts (Peter Flynn), and S. Hackett (Flash).
Cast members were screen-tested and selected by Louise Lovely.
Advice on backstage life was also sought from Peggy Pryde, a British vaudevillian then living in Australia, who was then convinced to take on the on-screen role of the wardrobe mistress. (see 'Painted Daughters', Table Talk, 5 March 1925, p.28.)
Release Dates:
23 May 1925.
Location:
- Filmed in studios at Rushcutter's Bay in Sydney.
