1942 Australian film
| Eleventh Hour | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ken G. Hall |
| Produced by | Ken G. Hall |
| Starring | Muriel Steinbeck John Nugent Hayward Margaret Sinclair |
| Production company | Cinesound Productions |
| Distributed by | Columbia |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 11 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Eleventh Hour is a 1942 Australian short documentary film from director Ken G. Hall for the Department of Information.
It was the third in a series of movies to promote Austerity War Loans, following Another Threshold.
Plot
A woman wonders if the sacrifices of war are worth it. Her first World War veteran husband assures her that it is.
Cast
- Muriel Steinbeck as the wife
- John Nugent Hayard as the husband
- Margaret Sinclair as the daughter in law
Reception
The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that:
Ken Hall... has used the Anzac Day memorial services with effect... should rally the dilatory to the war bond booths. Muriel Steinbeck Is splendid... The mournful retrospection of... ... could with advantage be less insistent in the script, and more heartening implication and less exhortation be given to the propaganda angle of the narrative.
Smith's Weekly said "Nothing is over-dramatised, and the mother...in the opening scenes particularly, is genuinely moving." The Age called it "impressive".
References
- Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 241.
- ""Eleventh Hour"". The Mirror. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1942. p. 9. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- "NEW FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 November 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
- "New Film". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 6 November 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2020 – via Trove.
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