Screen Test (film)

Screen Test is a 1937 short Australian documentary directed by Charles Chauvel about how screen tests are conducted.

Screen Test
Directed byCharles Chauvel
S. Sylvan Simon
Produced byCharles Chauvel
StarringCharles Chauvel
Kay Hughes
S. Sylvan Simon
Jack Pierce
Cesar Romero
Betty Pike
Narrated byK.W. Pawley
CinematographyTasman Higgins
Stanley Cortez
Production
company
Charles Chauvel
Universal
Release date
1938[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Brisbane girl Betty Pike features in the film and was signed to Charles Chauvel.[2] When the film was released, Chauvel held a screen test competition to promote it.[3][4][5]

References

  1. "Advertising". Sunday Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1938. p. 34. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  2. "MAY GO TO AMERICA". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 5 October 1938. p. 1 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  3. "LOCAL TALENT FOR HOLLYWOOD". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 19 October 1938. p. 4 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  4. "Brisbane Diary". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 3 November 1938. p. 6. Retrieved 23 July 2013.
  5. "After The Screen Test Comes". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 3 November 1938. p. 6 Section: Second Section. Retrieved 23 July 2013.


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