Don't Listen Ladies
Appearance
Don't Listen Ladies | |
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Directed by | James Upshaw |
Written by | Sacha Guitry (Fr.),transl. Stephen Powys and Guy Bolton. |
Based on | a play of three acts translated from French |
Produced by | James Upshaw |
Starring | Margo Lee Neil Fitzpatrick |
Release dates | 10 April 1963[1] 12 June 1963 (Melbourne)[2] |
Running time | 80 mins |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Don't Listen Ladies is a 1963 Australian TV movie. It starred Margo Lee and was directed by James Upshaw.[3] Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time.[4]
Plot
In a French antique shop, Daniel and his second wife Madeleine have marital adventures. She finds a letter that makes her think he is having an affair. She encourages the love of Daniel's assistant, Blandinet. Also involved are Daniel's first wife Valentine, a former girlfriend called Julie, a young man called Michel who Madeleine thinks of marrying, and a customer Baron de Charancy.
Cast
- Alex Archdale as Daniel Archelete
- Margot Lee as Madeleine
- Neva Carr Glynn as Julie
- Noel Brophy as Baron
- Neil Fitzpatrick as Blandinet
- Owen Weingott as Michel
- Audrey Teasdale
- Ronald Morse
Reception
The Bulletin called it "harmless, tolerable entertainment."[5]
The Sydney Morning Herald praised Archdale's performance.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "TV Guide". Sydney Morning Herald. 8 April 1963. p. 19.
- ^ "Untitled". The Age. 6 June 1963. p. 10.
- ^ "COMEDY SET IN ANTIQUE SHOP". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, no. 10, 507. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 10 April 1963. p. 29. Retrieved 1 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (18 February 2019). "60 Australian TV Plays of the 1950s & '60s". Filmink.
- ^ The bulletin, John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 1880, retrieved 6 April 2019
- ^ "Guitry Play on TV". Sydney Morning Herald. 11 April 1963. p. 12.
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