Greenhide
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Frank White (titles)
Bruce Gordon
Frank Thorn
Irma Deardon
| Greenhide | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles Chauvel |
| Written by | Charles Chauvel[1] Frank White (titles) |
| Produced by | Charles Chauvel |
| Starring | Elsa Chauvel (as Elsie Sylvaney) Bruce Gordon Frank Thorn Irma Deardon |
Production company | Australian Film Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 8,000 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £3,800[4][5] |
| Box office | £1,000[6] |
Greenhide is a 1926 Australian film directed by Charles Chauvel. Only part of the film survives.[7]
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.[2]
Cast
- Elsie Sylvaney as Margery Paton
- Bruce Gordon as Greenhide Gavin
- Jules Murray-Prior as Slab Rawlins
- Irma Dearden as Polly Andrews
- Gerald Barlow as Sam Paton
- Frank Thorn as Tom Mullins
- Joe Mackaway as Phil Mackin
- Alfred Greenup as Bill Mullins
- Nell Kerwin
- George Barrett
Production
Greenhide was Charles Chauvel's second film, following The Moth of Moonbi (1926), and his final silent film. Chauvel scouted his leading lady, then Elsie May Wilcox, after seeing her in a stage musical called Crackers at the Cremorne Theatre in Brisbane, Queensland. Though she was reluctant at first to audition, Chauvel convinced her to perform a screentest, and ultimately offered her the role.[8] They began a romantic relationship over the course of filming, and were married on 5 June 1927,[9] at St James Church, Sydney, the ceremony officiated by Charles' brother, the Reverend John Chauvel.[8]
Frank Thorn, the villain, was a boxer.[10]
Location filming took place at Walloon Station in Dawson Valley, Queensland.[11] It was loaned to the production by EJ Shaw.[12]
The production encampment, a collection of tents accommodating 20 people, was informally named "Camp Greenhide" by locals.[8] The producers were at Walloon Station filming the production in June 1926.[13] Filming took about a month on location.[14][15]
The unit moved to Brisbane in late July 1926 and interio filming took place in a studio at Oxford House, Ann St, Brisbane.[16] Chauvel played a phonograph recording of "In a Monastery Garden" to induce realistic tears from Elsa Chauvel without the need to use glycerine drops.[8] The tennis court scenes were shot at the Indooroopilly House of Mr and Mrs Ross Monro.[17]