Fair Passenger

Fair Passenger is a 1957 Australian television film which aired on ABC. It was the first one-hour television drama produced in Melbourne, and aired there live on 17 July 1957.[3][4]

Fair Passenger
Based onplay by Aimée Stuart
Directed byBill Eldridge
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time60 mins
Production companyABC
DistributorABC
Release
Original networkABC
Original release17 July 1957 (Melbourne) (live)
15 November 1957 (Sydney) (taped)[1][2]

It was described as a "drama of mixed romances".[5]

Although it was kinescoped in order to be shown in Sydney, it is not known if the kinescope still exists. The UK version is lost.[6]

Plot

Erica Tranmore is dissatisfied in her marriage with a quiet adoring husband. She goes to London on the pretext of visiting an old school friend, Meg, but actually to see an infatuated young man, Clive. She meets Rosemary, a young film star, at Meg's flat and sets out to captivate Meg's boss with a screen test.

Rosemary falls in love with Clive. Erica has an unsuccessful screen test and returns home.

Cast

Production

The show was based on a play by Aimee Stuart. It had been adapted for Australian radio in 1951[8] 1952[9] and 1954[10] and for British TV in 1955 as part of anthology series London Playhouse.[11]

The ABC had a site in the Melbourne suburb of Rippon Lea. However it did not have normal TV studio facilities yet so the production was filmed at a temporary studio at Coppin Hall in Richmond. (The studio was used for a six-month period from 1 July while the Rippon Lea studios were being built. Among the shows made there were variety shows, musicals and the Village Glee Club.)[4][12]

It was the first hour-long television drama broadcast in Melbourne. Marcia Hart, who was in the cast, had previously appeared in the first hour long television drama broadcast in Chicago (a production of Gaslight).[13]

See also
  • List of live television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1950s)

References
  1. TV Guide Sydney Morning Herald 6 November 1957
  2. "LOOKING AHEAD ON CHANNEL 2 ABN". ABC Weekly. 13 November 1957.
  3. "Gaslight on TV with Melbourne Cast". The Age. 2 January 1958. p. 8.
  4. "ABV-2 To Make "Live" Drama History", The Age 11 July 1957
  5. TV Guide "The Age" 11 July 1957
  6. http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=7618d4fa-6e95-4b7e-932b-240c57c0f027
  7. "From School Plays to Success on TV". The Age. 19 September 1958. p. 20.
  8. "SATURDAY, 9th June". The Age (29, 987). Victoria, Australia. 8 June 1951. p. 3 (THE AGE RADIO supplement). Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ""Wings" To Broadcast". The Newcastle Sun (10, 690). New South Wales, Australia. 14 May 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "PICK OF THE PROGRAMMES". Truth (3379). New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1954. p. 54. Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. Fair Passenger 1955 British TV version at IMDb
  12. "ABV-2 Shows Staged at Coppin Hall". 20 June 1957. p. 21.
  13. "Firsts". The Age. 17 July 1957. p. 2.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.