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Cinesound Varieties
Cinesound Varieties is a 1934 Australian variety short film from director Ken G. Hall made to go out on a double-bill with the full-length feature, "The Silence of Dean Maitland" (1934). Only 18 minutes of the film survive today.
Synopsis.
There were two main components of the film:
1) 'Evolution of a Waltz' - a musical presentation with Hamilton Webber and the State Orchestra illustrating the evolution of the waltz from the age of Mozart to Irving Berlin
inherited all the evils the talkies were ever heir to, except the American slang," said "The Advertiser".
Reception Box Office.
According to a contemporary trade report it is likely the film lost an estimated £1,200.
External links.
- "Cinesound Varieties" in the Internet Movie Database
- "Cinesound Varieties" at National Film and Sound Archive
- "Cinesound Varieties" at Australian Screen Online
- "Cinesound Varieties" at "Australian Variety Theatre Archive". Retrieved 27 January 2018