The Kid Stakes [SEP] director
The Kid Stakes
The Kid Stakes is a 1927 Australian silent black and white comedy film written and directed by Tal Ordell.
The screenplay is based on characters created by Syd Nicholls in his comic strip, "Fatty Finn".
Plot summary.
Fatty Finn (Robin 'Pop' Ordell) is the six-year-old leader of a gang of kids in Woolloomooloo. They enter Fatty's pet goat Hector in the annual goat derby, but his rival Bruiser Murphy (Frank Boyd) lets the goat
in the stage version of "The Sentimental Bloke". He toured Australia with Marie Tempest.
He turned director with "The Kid Stakes" (1927), based on the cartoon character Fatty Finn. In the 1930s he worked more in radio as a writer and actor.
Select filmography.
- "The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show" (1917)
- "The Hayseeds Come to Sydney" (1917)
- "The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup" (1918)
- "On