Fair Passenger

Fair Passenger
Directed by Bill Eldridge
Based on play by Aimée Stuart
Distributed by ABC
Release dates
 17 July 1957 (Melbourne) (live)
15 November 1957 (Sydney) (taped)[1]
Running time
 60 mins
Country Australia
Language English

Fair Passenger is a 1957 Australian television film which aired on ABC. It was the first one-hour television drama produced in Melbourne, and aired there live on 17 July 1957.[2] It was described as a "drama of mixed romances".[3]

Although it was kinescoped in order to be shown in Sydney, it is not known if the kinescope still exists. The UK version is lost.[4]

Plot

Erica Tranmore is dissatisfied in her marriage with a quiet adoring husband. She goes to London on the pretext of visiting an old school friend, Meg, but actually to see an infatuated young man, Clive. She meets Rosemary, a young film star, at Meg's flat and sets out to captivate Meg's boss with a screen test.

Rosemary falls in love with Clive. Erica has an unsuccessful screen test and returns home.

Cast

Production

The show was based on a play by Aimee Stuart. It had been adapted for Australian radio in 1951[5] 1952[6] and 1954[7] and for British TV in 1955 as part of anthology series London Playhouse.[8]

The ABC had a site in the Melbourne suburb of Rippon Lea. However it did not have normal TV studio facilities yet so the production was filmed at a temporary studio at Coppin Hall.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ TV Guide Sydney Morning Herald 6 November 1957
  2. 1 2 "ABV-2 To Make "Live" Drama History", The Age 11 July 1957
  3. ↑ TV Guide "The Age" 11 July 1957
  4. ↑ http://www.lostshows.com/default.aspx?episode=7618d4fa-6e95-4b7e-932b-240c57c0f027
  5. ↑ "SATURDAY, 9th June". The Age (29,987). Victoria, Australia. 8 June 1951. p. 3 (THE AGE RADIO supplement). Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ ""Wings" To Broadcast". The Newcastle Sun (10,690). New South Wales, Australia. 14 May 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "PICK OF THE PROGRAMMES". Truth (3379). New South Wales, Australia. 31 October 1954. p. 54. Retrieved 22 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ Fair Passenger 1955 British TV version at IMDB

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