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'On the Set of "Two Minutes' Silence" ': Source: Fairfax Corporation Collection, NLA
form y separately published work icon Two Minutes' Silence single work   film/TV   war literature  
Adaptation of Two Minutes' Silence : A Play Leslie Haylen , 1933 single work drama
Issue Details: First known date: 1933... 1933 Two Minutes' Silence
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Film Details - McDonagh Productions , 1933

Producers:

Paulette McDonagh and Phyllis McDonagh (producers).

Production Companies:

McDonagh Productions.

Director of Photography:

James Grant.

Cast:

Including Frank Bradley (General Gresham), Campbell Copelin (Pierre), Marie Lorraine (Denise), Frank Leighton (Captain Lessups), Leo Franklyn (Private Simpson), Ethel Gabriel (Mrs Trott), Victor Gouriet (Corporal Smith), Leonard Stephens (James), Eva Moss (Miss Tremlitt), Peggy Pryde (Mrs Breen), Arthur Greenaway (Cure), Frank Hawthorne (Reverend Thomas), Bert Barton (Toby), Katie Towers (Nun), and Fred Kerry (Flower seller).

Release Dates:

Premiered in Canberra (to an audience including Governor General Sir Isaac Isaacs) on 18 October 1933.

Released in Sydney cinemas from 2 February 1934.


Location:

  • Set in London.

    Filmed in a studio in Centennial Park, Sydney, in late 1932.
Subjects:
Settings:
  • London,
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    England,
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    United Kingdom (UK),
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    Western Europe, Europe,
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