Austral-American Productions
Austral-American Productions was a short-lived film production company in Australia during the 1940s. They made two feature films during World War II, a time of low output for Australian cinema. They also produced some stage plays and exhibited films. Hartney Arthur was managing director.
Gordon Wharton was a key financier.
The company contributed to prizes for writing. It was involved in several lawsuits.
The company was wound up in 1950.
Credits
- Beautiful Canberra - short film
- A Yank in Australia – film
- Twelfth Night and The Tempest by William Shakespeare – plays produced by John Alden
- Red Sky at Morning – film
Unmade projects
- Second Moses based on play by George Landen Dann Caroline Chisolm - film version
- Eureka Stockade - film version
- Daybreak - film version
- The First Joanna - stage presentation