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Martine (film)

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Martine
Ad in The Age 1 Nov 1961
Written byWal Cherry
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerChristopher Muir
Running time60 mins
Production companyAustralian Broadcasting Commission
Original release
Release1 November 1961 (1961-11-01) (Melbourne, live)[1]
Release27 December 1961 (1961-12-27)(Sydney, taped)[2]

Martine is a 1961 Australian television play directed by Christopher Muir in Melbourne.

It was based on a play by Jean-Jacques Bernard.

Plot

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In France, a young peasant girl Martine is secretly in love with Julien, a sophisticated man, even though he has a wife Joanne, who Madame Mervan arranged for him to marry. Alfred courts Martine but she rejects him.

Cast

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  • Annette Andre as Martine
  • Fred Parslow as Julien
  • Joan Harris as Jeanne
  • Barbara Brandon as Madame Mervan, Julien's grandmother
  • Lloyd Cunnington as Station master
  • Graham Hughes as Alfred, a peasant

Production

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The play was long in the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise and director Chris Muir said it required tender and delicate handling.[3] Annette Andre said she enjoyed working with Muir "he was very intelligent and more experienced. He wasn’t easy, but he could get a performance out of an actor."[4]

Reception

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The Sydney Morning Herald said Parslow's "fine acting gave" the production "a touch of excellence that it otherwise could not hope to attain" calling the story "poignant, tender and slight."[5]

References

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  1. ^ "TV try out for the Unspoken". The Age. 26 October 1961. p. 13.
  2. ^ "TV guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 23 December 1961. p. 11.
  3. ^ "School of Drama". The Age. 26 October 1961. p. 25.
  4. ^ Vagg, Stephen (29 August 2020). "Annette Andre: My Brilliant Early Australian Career". Filmink.
  5. ^ "Television Production of Martine". Sydney Morning Herald. 28 December 1961. p. 4.
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