Greenhide (1926), The Big Picture – The Films of Charles Chauvel (2014) DVD9
on November 14th, 2021 at 03:30
High society girl Margery Paton (Elsa Chauvel) leaves the city to live on her father's cattle property, run by "Greenhide Gavin" (Bruce Gordon). She carries romantic notions of the bush, of "being swung to the saddle by big brown arms", but Greenhide Gavin is initially only annoyed by her presence. Greenhide contains a blossoming romance, and the thwarting of a plot to steal cattle.
Only part of the film survives today.
The Big Picture is a documentary film directed by John Doggett-Williams about filmmakers Charles and Elsa Chauvel and their feature films made between 1926 and 1955.
DVD9 | NTSC 16:9 | 00:34:28 | 5.97 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English intertitles
Subtitles: none
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Director: Charles Chauvel
Cast: Elsa Chauvel, Gerald Barlow, Irma Dearden
Country: Australia
Extras:
-- The Big Picture details the careers Charles and Elsa Chauvel – known as Australia’s most enduring and successful filmmakers, having made nine feature films between 1926 and 1955. The Chauvels were innovators and pioneers, constantly testing the boundaries of what was possible physically and financially. Featuring in depth interviews as well as fascinating archival material, including rare footage of Charles and Elsa Chauvel, Chips Rafferty and Michael Pate, the film is based on the biography/memoir “The Life and Cinema of Charles Chauvel” by Susanne Chauvel Carlsson, who died in 2013.
