The Eveleigh Railway Film Festival
Saturday 25 February 2012
is presenting a festival of fascinating railway-related films, including our short silent drama ...
THE BALLAD OF BETTY & JOE
... and old silent films by J.P. McGowan (1880 - 1952) and much, much more. Plus a talk by David Donaldson of Sydney Film Festival fame on McGowan, a fascinating early Australian filmmaker who went to Hollywood as an actor and stuntman in the silent period and remains the only Australian to be made a life member of the Directors Guild of America.
McGowan - the "Railroad Man" - became famous for making thrilling, silent-era serials involving trains, and ultimately worked on over 600 films, including sound films, and with the likes of John Wayne, Hopalong Cassidy, Gene Autry, Rita Hayworth, Spencer Tracey, Randolph Scott -- the list goes on....
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