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The Kid Stakes
The Kid Stakes title screen.
Directed by Tal Ordell Written by Tal Ordell Based on comic strip characters created by Syd Nicholls Produced by Tal Ordell Starring Robin 'Pop' Ordell Syd Nicholls Cinematography Arthur Higgins
Production
Ordell-Coyle Productions
Release date
9 June 1927 (1927-06-09 ) [1]
Running time
76 minutes Country Australia Language English Budget £4,000[2]
The Kid Stakes [3]
The screenplay is based on characters created by Syd Nicholls [3] Fatty Finn
Plot summary [ edit ]
Fatty Finn (Robin 'Pop' Ordell ) is the six-year-old leader of a gang of kids in Woolloomooloo. They enter Fatty's pet goat Hector in the annual goat derby, but his rival Bruiser Murphy (Frank Boyd) lets the goat loose before the race. After a series of adventures, Fatty finds the runaway goat and persuades a friendly aviator to fly him to the race-track in time for the main event.[4]
Robin 'Pop' Ordell as Fatty Finn
Charles Roberts as Tiny King
Eileen Alexander as Madeline Twirt[5]
Ray Salmon as Jimmy Kelly
Leonard Durell as Constable Claffey
Frank Boyd as Bruiser Murphy
Billy Ireland as Seasy
Eileen Alexander as Madeline Twirt
Jimmy Taylor as Horatio John Wart
Tad Ordell as Radio race-caller
Syd Nicholls as self
David Nettheim as Baby in Pram [6]
Production [ edit ]
The majority of the shooting locations for The Kid Stakes were in Woolloomooloo and Potts Point in Sydney .
The film's finale, the goat race, however was filmed in Rockhampton, Queensland , because goat racing was illegal in New South Wales .[7] [8]
The role of Fatty Finn was played by Tal Ordell's six-year-old son Robin, known as 'Pop' Ordell.[2]
Reception [ edit ]
The film premiered at the Wintergarden Theatre in Brisbane on 9 June 1927.[9] [10]
Ordell sold the remake rights to England and had discussions to make a talking version in 1930. However this did not eventuate and Ordell never directed another feature.[11]
Robin Ordell went on to become a star of Sydney radio in the 1930s. He then joined the Royal Australian Air Force and won a Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He was killed over the Netherlands in 1945 at about the age of 24.
The movie was thought lost until rediscovered in 1952.[12] [13]
The Kid Stakes was remade as Fatty Finn
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production , Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 135.
^ a b "The Kid Stakes – Principal Credits" . Australian Screen . National Film & Sound Archive. Retrieved 20 October 2011 .
^ " . The Advertiser 14 . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
^ " . The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
^ "In showbiz from the age of two" . 17 March 2008.
^ " . The Morning Bulletin 8 . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
^ " . The Morning Bulletin 8 . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
^ "The Kid Stakes – Clip 3" . Australian Screen . National Film & Sound Archive. Retrieved 20 October 2011 .
^ Morris, Frank. "Film Greats: Fatty Finn arises as comic character zooms into film world" . Grand Pacific Tours. Retrieved 20 October 2011 .
^ "THE PLAYHOUSE" . The Mercury 11 . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
^ "For Six People, The Past Came Back" . The Sunday Herald 14 . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
^ "Old Film Comedy Is Sydney Satire" . The Sydney Morning Herald 2 . Retrieved 3 August 2012 .
Murray, Scott, ed. (1994). Australian Cinema . St.Leonards, NSW.: Allen & Unwin/AFC. p. 264. ISBN 1-86373-311-6
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