Journey for Three
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Journey for Three | |
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Directed by | Michael Forlong |
Written by | Michael Forlong |
Produced by | Stanhope Andrews |
Starring | Elizabeth Armstrong Margaret McNulty Stewart Pilkington |
Cinematography | Randal Beattie |
Edited by | Michael Forlong |
Music by | Douglas Lilburn |
Production company | |
Distributed by | NZ Film Archives |
Release date |
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Running time | 45 minutes |
Country | New Zealand |
Language | English |
Journey for Three is a 1950 New Zealand black and white immigration propaganda film.[1]
Synopsis
This film dramatised postwar immigration to New Zealand.[1] Three British citizens travel and settle down in New Zealand, and the film shows their hopes, jobs, challenges, and adventures.[1]
Cast
- Elizabeth Armstrong as Cassie McLeod
- Margaret McNulty as Margaret Allen
- Stewart Pilkington as Harry White
- Francis Renner as The Foreman
Production
This was an immigration propaganda film production released by the National Film Unit.[1] The film had a theatrical release in the UK.[1]
Reviews
- 1950 Ashburton Guardian - Comment on N.Z. film.[2]
- 1995 featured in New Zealand's contribution to the British Film Institute's Century of Cinema series - Cinema of Unease: A Personal Journey by Sam Neill.[3]
- 2011 "...made by the New Zealand National Film Unit, was the most ambitious film the Unit had ever embarked on."[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Journey for Three". NZ On Screen. Archives New Zealand. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
- ^ "Comment on N.Z. film "Journey for Three" in Britain". Papers Past. No. 127, Vol 70. Ashburton Guardian. 14 March 1950. p. 3. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
- ^ "Cinema of Unease". NZ On Screen. Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision. Retrieved 5 August 2014.
- ^ Sigley, Simon (2011). "Rites of Passage in Post-Second World War New Zealand Cinema: Migrating the Masculine in 'Journey for Three'". academia.edu. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
External links
- Journey for Three at IMDb
- Journey for Three Youtube
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