My Three Angels (film)

My Three Angels is a 1962 Australian television adaptation which marked the acting debut of champion swimmer Murray Rose.[2]

My Three Angels
Directed byAlan Burke
Written byNoel Robinson
Based onplay My Three Angels by Samuel and Bella Spewack
based on play by Albert Husson
StarringBrigid Lenihan
Production
company
ABC
Release date
19 December 1962 (Sydney)
January 1963 (Melbourne)
Running time
75 mins[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

It was based on the play My Three Angels by Samuel and Bella Spewack which in turn was based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[3]

Plot

On Christmas Eve in French Guiana, Felix and Emillie Ducotel struggle to maintain a small shop and the arrival of Felix's unpleasant cousin, Henri (Owen Weingott). They have a daughter, Marie-Louise (Anna Volksa).

Three convicts (Gordon Chater, Richard Davies, Murray Rose), decide that, as a Christmas gift to the family, they will set everyone's problems to rights.

Cast

Production

The show marked the acting debut of swimmer Murray Rose.[4][5] He said the emphasis was different to the film version.[6]

It was also the TV debut of Anna Volska.[7]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "moderately successful" because it did not manage to treat the material "so whimsically and delicately that its rather dubious morality remains in the realm of fantasy." However he did think that "on its own rather obvious terms it [the production] was efficient enough." The critic added that Murray Rose was "amiable and decorative and obviously did everything the producer had told him to do; but it would be overcharitable to suggest that he did it with any conviction or distinction."[8]

The Sun Herald said Rose's performance was "neat, workmanlike and competent" adding that Gordon Chater "was superb."[9]

The Age called it "a mediocrity".[10]

See also
  • List of television plays broadcast on Australian Broadcasting Corporation (1960s)

References
  1. "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 December 1962. p. 15.
  2. Vagg, Stephen (12 July 2019). "Good Sports: Australian Athletes Who Act". Filmink.
  3. Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
  4. "Murray Rose In Acting Debut". The Canberra Times. 37 (10, 412). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 December 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 22 March 2019
  6. Smith, Jan (29 December 1962). "A DEGREE OF COMMUNICATION Murray Rose and Tony Madigan: after the games ore over". The Bulletin. p. 14.
  7. "Murray Rose's New Role". Sydney Morning Herald. 10 December 1962. p. 16.
  8. "Adaptation of Stage Comedy", Sydney Morning Herald, December 20, 1962
  9. "TV Merry Go Round". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 December 1962. p. 38.
  10. "Teletopics". The Age. 10 January 1963. p. 10.


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