Down Under (1927 film)
# Down Under (1927 film)

Down Under is an Australian feature-length film directed by Harry Southwell. It was the first full-length feature film made in Western Australia. It featured the outback, as well as Perth and Kings Park.

## Plot

An Australian vagabond, Walter Nobbage, has a series of adventures, including a trotting race meeting, a cattle muster and an aboriginal corroboree. Nobbage's sweetheart dies and he sacrifices his life for the safe her his dead sweetheart's little boy.

## Cast

* Harry Southwell
* Nancy Mills
* Ivy Deakin
* Alec Weird
* Mrs Compton
* L Laurence
* J Austin
* G Cotter
* G Temple-Poole
* J Hennessy
* D Brown
* J Southwell
* A Raven

## Production

The film was financed by West Australian businessmen and shot in that state at Erlistoun Station, Laverton and Perth.

Southwell claimed at the time he had a contract to make six films for distribution in Britain.

It was the first and only production of Anglo-Australian Films.

## Release

It premiered on 4 September 1929 in Perth at the Majestic Theatre. The film appears never to have received a commercial release in Britain

Southwell attempted to set up another company in Australia, Western Southwell Productions, aiming to make a £4,000 movie called Gold. This film was never made.

