The Charles Chauvel Collection - 8-DVD Box Set ( The Moth of Moonbi / Greenhide / In the Wake of the Bounty / Heritage / Uncivilized (Uncivilised) / 40,000 Horsemen (Forty Thousand Horse men) ) ( The Fighting Rats of Tobruk (The Rats of Tobruk) / The Rugged O'Riordans (Sons of Matthew) / Jedda the Uncivilized (Jedda) )

The Charles Chauvel Collection - 8-DVD Box Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: The Moth of Moonbi / Greenhide / In the Wake of the Bounty / Heritage / Uncivilized (Uncivilised) / 40,000 Horsemen (Forty Thousand Horse men)
Alternate Title: The Fighting Rats of Tobruk (The Rats of Tobruk) / The Rugged O'Riordans (Sons of Matthew) / Jedda the Uncivilized (Jedda)
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
690 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Box Set
Featurette
Interactive Menu
Multi-DVD Set
Photo Gallery
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1926 - 1955 and produced in:
Australia ( Australia, New Zealand )

Directed By:
Charles Chauvel

Written By:
Charles Chauvel
Mabel Forrest
E.V. Timms
Elsa Chauvel
Bernard O'Reilly

Actors:
Marsden Hassall ..... Tom Resoult
Doris Ashwin ..... Dell Ferris
Arthur Tauchert ..... Jack Bronson
Charles O'Mara ..... Ferris
Michael Dwyer ..... Rodger Down
Colleen Richards ..... Margery Daw
Billie Stokes ..... Josephine
Jack Reed ..... Bill Devine
Darla Townend ..... Little Dell
Edward Lyon ..... Martin Brooks
Charles Chauvel ..... Aboriginal Stockman
Elsa Chauvel ..... Margery Paton
Gerald Barlow ..... Polly Andrews
Irma Dearden ..... 'Greenhide' Gavin
Bruce Gordon ..... Slab Rawlins
Jules Murray-Prior
Frank Thorn
Arthur Greenaway ..... Narrator
Mayne Lynton ..... Lt. Bligh
Errol Flynn ..... Fletcher Christian
Victor Gouriet ..... Michael Byrne - The 'Bounty's' Blind Fiddler
John Warwick ..... Midshipman Young
Frank Harvey ..... Governor Phillip
Franklyn Bennett ..... James Morrison / Frank Morrison
Margot Rhys ..... Jane Judd
Mary Maguire ..... Biddy O'Shea / Biddy Parry
Harold Meade ..... Frank Parry
Joe Valli ..... Short
Norman French ..... Governor Macquarie
Elsa Chauvel ..... Mrs. Macquarie
Leonard Stephens ..... Greenway
Austin Milroy ..... Major Ross
Victor Fitzherbert ..... William Charles Wentworth
Gertrude Boswell ..... Mrs. Judd
Dora Mostyn ..... Mother Carey
Godfrey Cass ..... Harding
Florence Esmond ..... Mrs. Boggs
Margot Rhys ..... Beatrice Lynn
Dennis Hoey ..... Mara the White Chief
Ashton Jarry ..... The Mounted Policeman - posing as Akbar Jhan the White Slaver
Marcelle Marnay ..... Sondra the Half-Caste
Kenneth Brampton ..... Trask the Opium Smuggler
Victor Fitzherbert ..... John Hemmingway, publisher
E. Gilbert Howell ..... Vitchi the Witch Doctor
Edward Sylveni ..... Salter
P. Dwyer ..... Bloom, a prospector
Rita Aslim ..... Nardin
John Fernside ..... Captain
Jessica Malone ..... Hemmingway's Secretary
Richard Mazar ..... Tong
Z. Gee ..... Tiki
David McNiven
Grant Taylor ..... Red Gallagher
Betty Bryant ..... Juliet Rouget
Chips Rafferty ..... Jim
Pat Twohill ..... Larry
Harvey Adams ..... Von Hausen
Eric Reiman ..... Von Schiller
Joe Valli ..... Scotty
Albert C. Winn ..... Sheik Abu
Kenneth Brampton ..... German Officer
John Fleeting ..... Captain Gordon
Harry Abdy ..... Paul Rouget
Norman Maxwell ..... Ismet
Pat Penny ..... Captain Seidi
Charles Zoli ..... Cafe Proprietor
Claude Turton ..... Othman
Grant Taylor ..... Bluey Donkin
Peter Finch ..... Peter Linton
Chips Rafferty ..... Milo Trent
Pauline Garrick ..... Kate Carmody
Mary Gay ..... Sister Mary Ellis
George Wallace ..... Barber of Tobruk
Joe Valli ..... Northumberland Fusilier
Tony Villa ..... Japanese soldier
Michael Pate ..... Shane O'Riordan
Ken Wayne ..... Barney O'Riordan
Tommy Burns ..... Luke O'Riordan
John Unicomb ..... Terry O'Riordan
John Ewart ..... Mickey O'Riordan
Wendy Gibb ..... Cathy McAllister
John O'Malley ..... Matthew O'Riordan
Thelma Scott ..... Jane O'Riordan
Dorothy Alison ..... Rose O'Riordan
Diane Proctor ..... Mary O'Riordan
Tom Collins ..... Shane as a Child
Max Lemon ..... Barney as a Child
Rodney Fielder ..... Luke as a Child
Doug Smith ..... Terry as a Child
Jimmy White ..... Mickey as a Child
Rosalie Kunoth-Monks ..... Jedda
Robert Tudawali ..... Marbuck
Betty Suttor ..... Sarah McMann
Paul Reynall ..... Joe
George Simpson-Lyttle ..... Douglas McMann
Tas Fitzer ..... Peter Wallis - Police Officer
Wason Byers ..... Felix Romeo - Boss Drover
Willie Farrar ..... Little Joe

Synopsis:

Respected pioneer of Australian cinema, filmmaker Charles Chauvel established a name and reputation for quintessential Aussie storytelling in an era where Hollywood films abound. His distinguished output is represented here in the most comprehensive collection of his work ever put together, featuring: The Moth of Moonbi (1926), Greenhide (1926), In The Wake of The Bounty (1933), Heritage (1935), Uncivilised (1937), Forty Thousand Horsemen (1940), The Rats of Tobruk (1944), The Sons of Matthew (AKA The Rugged O'Riordans) (1950) and, possibly his most famous film, Jedda (1955).

The Moth of Moonbi (1926)
Dell Ferris is a tomboy from the country town of Moonbi who is loved by English head stockman Tom. She goes to the city where sophisticated Margery Daw helps Dell spend her money in high society. Dell returns to Moonbi poorer but wiser and marries Tom.
Greenhide (1926)
High society girl Marjory Paton (Elsa Chauvel) leaves the city to live on her father's cattle property, run by "Greenhide Gavin" (Bruce Gordon). She carries romantic notions of the bush, of "being swung to the saddle by big brown arms", but Greenhide Gavin is initially only annoyed by her presence. Greenhide contains a blossoming romance, and the thwarting of a plot to steal cattle.
In the Wake of the Bounty (1933)
Sailors travel to an island after a mutiny against the ship's captain (Mayne Lynton).
Heritage (1935)
In colonial Australia, James Morrison is a young teamster who has two friends, Long and Short. He is betrothed to Jane Judd when he visits Sydney and meets fiery Irish girl Biddy O'Shea, who is just off the "wife ship" - a boatload of women from an Irish orphanage bought out to Australia. James is attracted to Biddy and promises to marry her. James returns to Bathurst to break the news to Jane, but his mother dies and makes James promise to marry her daughter. He feels obliged to honour his old commitment to Jane...
Uncivilized (1937)
A white authoress, looking for a story in the outback, is kidnapped by an Afghan slaver, betrothed to a white jungle-man, and menaced by a jealous half-caste rival, a hostile witch-doctor, his crazed-killer son, and opium smugglers!
40,000 Horsemen (1940)
Three young Australians join the army at the beginning of World War I and are assigned to the Australian Light Horse cavalry, which is serving in Palestine. The three eventually take part in the attack during the Battle of Beersheba, which was the last cavalry charge in modern warfare.
The Fighting Rats of Tobruk (1944)
Tells the story of three men--Bluey, a tough two fisted drover (Taylor), Milo, a laconic dingo trapper (Rafferty), and Pete, an intellectual English "new chum" (Finch). Together they serve in North Africa, fighting against the forces of Rommel in what has now become one of Australia's greatest wartime legends--The Rats of Tobruk.
The Rugged O'Riordans (1950)
The story of five brothers who homestead, with other settlers, on the virgin plateaus of the Australian bush country. In addition to being beset with the obstacles and difficulties with the land and nature, another complication arises when two of the brothers fall in love with the same woman.
Jedda the Uncivilized (1955)
Set against the harsh natural surrounds of outback Northern Territory, Jedda captures a rare and honest glimpse into the heart and history of indigenous Australia. Young Jedda is caught between two cultures forbidden from learning about her indigenous heritage and never fully accepted by the other.

With collaborator and wife Elsa by his side, respected pioneer of Australian cinema, filmmaker Charles Chauvel established a name and reputation for quintessential Aussie storytelling in an era where Hollywood films abound. His distinguished output is represented here in the most comprehensive collection of his work ever put together.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 26 May, 2016.