The Right Thing (film)

The Right Thing
Directed by Raymond Menmuir
Written by Raymond Bowers
Starring Grant Taylor
Distributed by ABC
Release date
 1963
Country Australia
Language English

The Right Thing is a 1963 comedy Australian TV play.[1]

Plot

The adventures of a Sydney family. The eldest daughter, Elena, is engaged. A Spanish expat comes into an encounter with them.

Cast

  • Lola Brooks as Elena
  • Brigid Lenihan as Elena's mother
  • Alastair Smart
  • Grant Taylor as Elena's father
  • David Yorston

Production

The play was written by Raymond Bowers, an Australian living in London. Scenes were shot on Sydney's North Shore, the Cahill Expressway, a Sydney beach, and the Harbour Bridge. It was telerecorded and later shown in London by Associated-Rediffusion. It was the first of a series of exchange programs between the ABC and the British television company.[2]

Reception

Rod Serling saw the play and disliked the script but praised the acting.[3]

The TV critic from the Sydney Morning Herald said "there was polish in the filming and the script" of The Right Thing but "the fun is wearing a little thin... The insistence on heavily accented Australiana may be more acceptable to overseas audiences than home viewers but the comedy was very well handled."[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Yorston Here Again In Play". The Canberra Times. 38, (10, 708). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 December 1963. p. 9. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Play for London". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 September 1963. p. 14.
  3. ↑ "Let's go to the zoo". The Australian Women's Weekly. 31, (21). Australia, Australia. 23 October 1963. p. 15. Retrieved 8 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Drama". Sydney Morning Herald. 3 October 1963. p. 13.


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