Ashes to Ashes (1966 film)

Ashes to Ashes is a 1966 Australian television play which screened as part of Wednesday Theatre.[4] It was a comedy thriller.[5]

"Ashes to Ashes"
Wednesday Theatre episode
Episode no.Season 2
Episode 18
Directed byPatrick Barton
Teleplay byMarc Brendel
Original air date27 April 1966 (Melbourne)[1]
4 May 1966 (Sydney)[2]
Running time55 mins[3]

Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[6]

Plot

Paris Beaumont has a whirlwind romance with Barbara Manson, marries her, and takes her to his house in Port Campbell. When Barbara finds a case containing women's clothing she starts asking questions about his first wife's disappearance. [7]

Cast
  • Ray Taylor as Paris Beaumont
  • Gerda Nicolson as Barbara Manson
  • Terry McDermott as Tregembo
  • John Royle
  • Kevin Colebrook
  • Michael Howley
  • Diana Wilson
  • Moira Carleton
  • Gerard Kennedy

Production

The play starred Ray Taylor, best known for being a TV presenter. His variety program The Ray Taylor Show had been cancelled just before production of Ashes to Ashes.[8] Taylor had some experience acting in repertory; he described the play as "a fun sort of thing".[9]

It was based on an English play but set in Australia. Location filming took place at Port Campbell and Como House, South Yarra.[1] Tayloe said "it's kinky, switched on or whatever you like to call it in The Avengers style."[10]

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References
  1. "Make Believe TV Wedding". The Age. 21 April 1966. p. 16.
  2. "Television". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 May 1966. p. 20.
  3. "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 457). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 May 1966. p. 23. Retrieved 22 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "WEDNESDAY". The Canberra Times. 40 (11, 457). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 2 May 1966. p. 23. Retrieved 19 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. "Television". The Age. 27 April 1966. p. 22.
  6. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  7. "TV Guide". The Age. 21 April 1966. p. 37.
  8. "Ray Taylor Obituary". Television.
  9. "Ray Taylor in thriller". The Age. 24 February 1966. p. 11.
  10. "In Love Scene". The Age. 24 March 1966. p. 25.


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