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Many actors and filmmakers started their careers in Australian films, a large number of whom have acquired international reputations, and a number of whom have found greater financial benefits in careers in larger film producing centres, such as in the United States. The first public screenings of films in Australia were in October 1. Paris by Lumire brothers. The first Australian exhibition took place at the Athenaeum Hall in Collins Street, Melbourne, to provide alternative entertainment for the dance hall patrons. The venue would continue screenings, but these were all short films. Commercially successful Australian films have included Paul Hogans Crocodile Dundee, Baz Luhrmanns Moulin Rouge Chris Noonans Babe. Other award winning productions include Picnic at Hanging Rock, Gallipoli, The Tracker, Shine and Ten Canoes. Australian actors of renown include Errol Flynn, Peter Finch, Rod Taylor, Mel Gibson, Guy Pearce, Nicole Kidman, Geoffrey Rush, Toni Collette, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Ben Mendelsohn, Cate Blanchett, Heath Ledger, Hugo Weaving, Naomi Watts, Abbie Cornish, Eric Bana, Joel Edgerton, Mia Wasikowska, Margot Robbie, Chris Hemsworth, and Sam Worthington. HistoryeditThe Australian film history has been characterized as one of boom and bust due to the unstable and cyclical nature of its industry there have been deep troughs when few films were made for decades and high peaks when a glut of films reached the market. Pioneer days 1. The Athanaeum Hall in Collins Street, Melbourne, was a dance hall from the 1. In October 1. 89. Australia, within a year of the first public screening of a film in Paris on 2. Vermont recreation and sports events calendar includes things to do like biking, canoeing, climbing, dog sledding, ecotours, fishing, hiking, history, horseback. 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In its 1. 9 years of operation, the Limelight Department produced about 3. The major innovation of the Limelight Department came in 1. Herbert Booth and Joseph Perry began work on Soldiers of the Cross, described by some as the first feature length film ever produced. Soldiers of the Cross fortified the Limelight Department as a major player in the early film industry. The Limelight Department was commissioned to film the Federation of Australia. Boom and bust 1. The 1. Australian cinema. It began slowly in the 1. World War I brought an end to film making. While these numbers may seem small, Australia was one of the most prolific film producing countries at the time. In all, between 1. There was a general consolidation in the early 1. Australia which saw by 1. Australasian Films and Union Theaters which established control over film distributors and cinemas and required smaller producers to deal with the cartel. 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American films dominated the Australian market with 9. In 1. 93. 0, F. W. Thring 1. 88. 31. Efftee Studios based in Melbourne to make talking films using optical sound equipment imported from the USA. The first sound films produced were in 1. Diggers 1. 93. 1, A Co respondents Course 1. The Haunted Barn 1. The Sentimental Bloke 1. During the five years of its existence, Efftee produced nine features, over 8. Notable collaborators included C. J. Dennis, George Wallace and Frank Harvey. Film production continued only until 1. Australian government to set Australian film quotas, followed soon by Thrings death. It was estimated Thring lost over 7. Cinesound Productions was established in 1. Ken G. Hall as its main driving force. The company was one of Australias first feature film production companies which operated into the early 1. Australias leading domestic studio, based on the Hollywood model. The company also used the Hollywood model for the promotion of its films and attempted to promote a star system. It was particularly successful with the On Our Selection 1. Steele Rudd, which featured the adventures of a fictional Australian farming family, the Rudds, and the perennial father and son duo, Dad and Dave. Despite its ambitions, Cinesound produced only 1. Ken Hall. The company was financially successful. The company ceased making feature films with the outbreak of World War II. In 1. 93. 3, In the Wake of the Bounty, directed by Charles Chauvel, cast Tasmanian born Errol Flynn in a leading role,1. Hollywood career. Chauvel directed a number of successful Australian films, including 1. World War II classic The Rats of Tobruk which starred Peter Finch and Chips Rafferty and 1. Jedda, which was notable for being the first Australian film to be shot in colour, and the first to feature Aboriginal actors in lead roles and to be entered at the Cannes Film Festival. The Cinematograph Films Act 1. British cinemas that would be shot in Great Britain as well as nations in the British Empire that stimulated Australian film production. However the Cinematograph Films Act 1. British film industry by specifying only films made by and shot in Great Britain would be included in the quota that removed Australian films from the British local film quota, which saw the loss of a guaranteed market for Australian films. The first Australian Oscar was won by 1. Kokoda Front Line, directed by Ken G. Hall. 1. 9 Chips Rafferty and Peter Finch were prominent international stars of the period. Raffertys onscreen image as a lanky, laconic bushman struck a chord with filmgoers and he appeared in iconic early Australian films such as Forty Thousand Horsemen, The Rats of Tobruk, The Overlanders and Eureka Stockade Overlanders and Eureka were part of a series of Australian themed films produced by Britains iconic Ealing Studios. In Hollywood, Rafferty also appeared in Australian themed films, including The Desert Rats, The Sundowners and Mutiny on the Bounty.