Arthur Tauchert
Actor
Movies8
Movie10.0ComedyThree friends serve in the Australian Light Horse during the Palestine Campaign of World War I. One of them enlisted for excitement; another because he thought he killed a man in a fight over a girl; the third because he thought the girl he loved was in love with another.
Fellers
1930 · 1 votes
Movie8.0DramaThe adventures of Ginger Mick take him from slums and backyards to lock-ups and racecourses. He romances Rose, works as a rabbitoh and enlists to fight in World War I.
Ginger Mick
1920 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0
When Bill, a worker at Woolloomooloo Wharf, breaks his leg, his wife, Nell has to go to work. She's successful, saving her daughter money, but she gets sick and dies after the operation, promising to raise Peggy the lady.
The Dinkum Bloke
1923 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaBrian O'Farrell is an English 'new chum' who takes a job at an Australian cattle station. He is teased by station hands because of his appearance (including spats and a monocle) but he soon impresses them with his skills at riding and boxing.
The Jackeroo of Coolabong
1920 · 1 votes
Movie5.1RomanceDramaBill is a Woolloomooloo larrikin who vows to abandon his life of gambling and drinking after a spell in gaol following a raid on a two-up game. He falls in love with Doreen, who works in a pickle factory, but faces competition from a more sophisticated rival.
The Sentimental Bloke
1919 · 15 votes
- Movie9.0MusicRomance
The story of a crazy film company attempting to make the first 'talkie' in Australia. Two divas compete for the main role.
Showgirl's Luck
1931 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0CrimeDrama
A Pacific Island romance about a young adventurer, Stephen Conn, and his love for Luya. Only several scenes survive, although heavy nitrate damage is visible. It was shot on location in the Fiji Islands with interiors at Australasian's Bondi studios in Sydney. The film had many native extras and three American players (Burns, Roberts and Long). The script for the film was written by Norman Dawn from the novel, "Conn of the Coral Seas", by Beatrice Grimshaw.
The Adorable Outcast
1928 · 1 votes
- Movie6.4Drama
Charles Chauvel's first feature tells the story of a country girl, Dell Ferris (the Moth of Moonbi), drawn to the bright lights of the big city where her inheritance is soon frittered away with high society revelling. A wiser Dell returns to Moonbi Station where she is beset by the cattle rustler Jack Bronson, but finally finds peace and happiness with the faithful head stockman, Tom. Only part of the film survives to this day.
The Moth of Moonbi
1926 · 5 votes