| 词条 | A Ticket in Tatts (1934 film) |
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| name = A Ticket in Tatts | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = F. W. Thring | producer = F. W. Thring | writer = George Wallace John P. McLeod | narrator = | starring = George Wallace | music = | cinematography = Arthur Higgins | editing = W. Albrecht | studio = Efftee Film Productions | distributor = Universal Pictures | released = 13 January 1934 | runtime = 88 mins | country = Australia | language = English | gross = £18,000[1] }} A Ticket in Tatts is a 1934 musical comedy film starring popular stage comedian George Wallace as an accident-prone stablehand. It was the last of three films Wallace made for F. W. Thring. PlotAfter being fired from his job at a grocer, George, gets a job as a stableboy at a local stud farm run by the Fleming family. He befriends the horse Hotspur who is a favourite to win the Melbourne Cup, and develops a strong whistle which is used to make the horse run fast. Gangsters working for the villainous Coyle are determined to kidnap Hotspur but George figures it out and one is captured. To find out more information, George becomes a waiter at a cabaret where several ballet and vaudeville numbers are performed. Dorothy Fleming is in love with author Harvey Walls, but is pursued by Brian Winters, the owner of rival horse Surefoot. Dorothy promises to marry Winters if Surefoot defeats Hotspur. Coyle arranges for Peters, the Fleming's jockey, to be kidnapped and replaced with his jockey, Slade, with the aim of making sure Hotspur loses. Slade rides the horse and keeps Hotspur back in the field. However George uses his whistle to help the horse win. Dorothy and Harvey are united, as are George and Dorothy's maid.[2] Cast{{div col}}
ProductionThe film marked the first appearance in an Australian feature by the actor and writer Frank Harvey.[3] The script was likely influenced by the real-life attempt of gangsters to kill the race horse Phar Lap prior to the Melbourne Cup.[4] Shooting began in July 1933.[5] Unlike many of Thring's films, much of the movie was shot on location, at a stuff dark near Melbourne, at Flemington Racecourse and the grounds of a Melbourne villa. Studio scenes were still shot at Efftee's studio at His Majesty's Theatre but it was the last time Thring used it – after the film he moved operations to the former Wattle Path Dance Palais at St Kilda which Efftee had bought for ₤23,000.[6][7][8][9][10] ReleaseThe film was also known as High Stakes and released with the short Dear Old London.[11] It proved reasonably popular at the box office, running for six weeks at a Melbourne cinema.[6][12] Thring complained about difficulties of securing a decent release in Sydney.[13] It was released in England.[14] Wallace remained under contract for Efftee and appeared for them on stage in Collits' Inn. Plans were also announced to star him in the films Ginger Murdoch and The Black Sheep.[7] However Thring died in 1936 before these could be made. References1. ^'Counting the Cash in Australian Films', Everyones 12 December 1934 p 19 quoted in Fitzpatrick p179 2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47548094 |title=GEORGE WALLACE AT REGENT. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=2 April 1934 |accessdate=9 August 2012 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17026631 |title=AUSTRALIAN FILMS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 November 1933 |accessdate=9 August 2012 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} 4. ^Paul Byrnes, 'A Ticket in Tatts – Curator's Notes', Australian Screen Online 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24885379 |title="A Ticket in Tatt's". |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=22 June 1933 |accessdate=9 August 2012 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^1 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p164 7. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article33326415 |title=AUSTRALIAN PRODUCTIONS. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=14 July 1933 |accessdate=9 August 2012 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}} 8. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147260999 |title=Talkies that Only Australia Can Make. |newspaper=Table Talk |location=Melbourne |date=24 August 1933 |accessdate=16 March 2015 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147259732 |title=WHO ARE OUR POTENTIAL STARS?. |newspaper=Table Talk |location=Melbourne |date=31 August 1933 |accessdate=16 March 2015 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}} 10. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article147259570 |title=MAKING A TALKIE TAKES TIME!. |newspaper=Table Talk |location=Melbourne |date=7 September 1933 |accessdate=17 March 2015 |page=23 |via=National Library of Australia}} 11. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17026631 |title=AUSTRALIAN FILMS. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=23 November 1933 |accessdate=5 January 2012 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}} 12. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article61196803 |title=Wallace's Popularity. |newspaper=Sunday Times |location=Perth |date=10 June 1934 |accessdate=9 August 2012 |page=17 Section: First Section |via=National Library of Australia}} 13. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11742964 |title=RELEASE OF EFFTEE FILMS. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=26 February 1934 |accessdate=9 August 2012 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} 14. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17073220 |title=AUSTRALIAN FILM. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=20 April 1934 |accessdate=8 August 2012 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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