Ken G. Hall

Ken G. Hall

An Australian film producer-director, considered one of the most important figures in the history of the Australian film industry. He was the first Australian to win an Academy Award.

  • Title: Ken G. Hall
  • Popularity: 1.618
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1901-02-22
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, Australia
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Ken G. Hall Movies

  • 1936
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    Wild Innocence

    Wild Innocence

    1 1936 HD

    A story dealing with civilization's effect and man's cruelty on the Australian outback.

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  • 1932
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    On Our Selection

    On Our Selection

    4.8 1932 HD

    The movie opens with the title card "bushland symphony", followed by sounds and vision of the Australian bush. The subsequent action involves a...

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  • 1938
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    Dad and Dave Come to Town

    Dad and Dave Come to Town

    5.3 1938 HD

    Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert...

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  • 1937
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    It Isn't Done

    It Isn't Done

    1 1937 HD

    Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England, and moves his family from the farm to the...

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  • 1938
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    Lovers and Luggers

    Lovers and Luggers

    6 1938 HD

    Daubeney Carshott, a concert pianist, leaves London to dive for pearls on Thursday Island in the South Seas at the whim of Stella Raff, his...

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  • 1933
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    The Squatter's Daughter

    The Squatter's Daughter

    6 1933 HD

    A story of rival sheep stations and of the strong-willed squatter’s daughter who wants to unite them.

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  • 1933
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    The Squatter's Daughter

    The Squatter's Daughter

    6 1933 HD

    A story of rival sheep stations and of the strong-willed squatter’s daughter who wants to unite them.

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  • 1946
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    Smithy

    Smithy

    6.3 1946 HD

    An Australian biopic about the life of pioneering aviator Charles "Smithy" Kingsford-Smith. The film is unusually frank about the controversies that...

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  • 1939
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    Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

    Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

    6 1939 HD

    A down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit, forcing the innocent man to become involved with...

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  • 1934
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    Strike Me Lucky

    Strike Me Lucky

    1 1934 HD

    ‘Mo’ McIsaac and his sidekick Donald try to find work to support a young orphan girl he finds dancing for pennies in the street, Miriam,...

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  • 1936
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    Thoroughbred

    Thoroughbred

    6 1936 HD

    Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse breeder and trainer. Joan thinks "legs don't make...

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    Thoroughbred

    Thoroughbred

    6 1936 HD

    Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) is a Canadian, adopted by Ma Dawson (Nellie Ferguson), a struggling horse breeder and trainer. Joan thinks "legs don't make...

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  • 1939
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    Gone to the Dogs

    Gone to the Dogs

    6 1939 HD

    George is a disaster-prone zoo attendant who accidentally discovers a substance that accelerates motion, enabling his greyhound to run faster. This...

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    Let George Do It

    Let George Do It

    1 1938 HD

    The plot concerns a man, Joe Blake, who works as a stage hand in a vaudeville theatre headlined by Mysto the magician. When he finds out that the...

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  • 1940
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    Dad Rudd, MP

    Dad Rudd, MP

    4 1940 HD

    Dad Rudd wants the size of a local dam increased for the benefit of local farmers but faces opposition from a wealthy grazier, Henry Webster. When...

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    Grandad Rudd

    Grandad Rudd

    1 1935 HD

    The first sequel to the original box office hit On Our Selection, Grandad Rudd drops in on the Rudd family, headed by patriarch Dad Rudd (Bert...

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  • 1936
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    Wild Innocence

    Wild Innocence

    1 1936 HD

    A story dealing with civilization's effect and man's cruelty on the Australian outback.

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  • 1938
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    The Broken Melody

    The Broken Melody

    1 1938 HD

    John Ainsworth helps win a rowing race for Sydney University against Melbourne University. While celebrating at a nightclub, he demonstrates his...

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  • 1938
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    The Broken Melody

    The Broken Melody

    1 1938 HD

    John Ainsworth helps win a rowing race for Sydney University against Melbourne University. While celebrating at a nightclub, he demonstrates his...

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    The Silence of Dean Maitland

    The Silence of Dean Maitland

    5 1934 HD

    Dean Maitland (John Longden), a young man in orders and engaged to a woman, is involved in a tragedy, to reveal the details of which would ruin his...

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  • 1949
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    Thrill of the Surf

    Thrill of the Surf

    1 1949 HD

    This short Cinesound documentary from Ken G Hall boasts beautifully filmed visuals, with surfers seen in silhouette and sunlight bouncing off the...

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  • 1943
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    South West Pacific

    South West Pacific

    1 1943 HD

    South West Pacific is a 1943 propaganda short Australian film directed by Ken G. Hall which focuses on Australia as the main Allied base in the South...

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  • 1937
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    Tall Timbers

    Tall Timbers

    1 1937 HD

    A young forestry graduate, Jim Thornton, is involved in a race between timber companies to fill a major contract. Jim has joined the crew of a genial...

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  • 1942
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    100,000 Cobbers

    100,000 Cobbers

    1 1942 HD

    Filmed at Liverpool Military Camp (Sydney) in 1941 and using national servicemen to lend authenticity, this film was one of many sponsored by the...

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  • 1941
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    Australia Marches with Britain: Highlights of the National War Effort

    Australia Marches with Britain: Highlights of the National War Effort

    1 1941 HD

    This film extols the over-producing wheat, meat, dairy, timber, steel, and Merino wool industries of Australia as assets to the Allied war effort....

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  • 1943
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    The Men of Timor

    The Men of Timor

    1 1943 HD

    The film looks at the men, their living conditions, the food they eat and their bamboo shower. It shows the men building a radio out of spare parts...

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  • 1942
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    Moresby Under the Blitz

    Moresby Under the Blitz

    1 1942 HD

    This Damien Parer/Ken Hall newsreel was shot at a time remembered as the dark days to Australia's north, with the Japanese still strong and...

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  • 1943
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    The Bismarck Convoy Smashed!

    The Bismarck Convoy Smashed!

    1 1943 HD

    An Australia propaganda war film documenting the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. Nominated for the Academy Award.

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  • 1942
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    Kokoda Front Line!

    Kokoda Front Line!

    5.1 1942 HD

    This iconic and Academy Award-winning newsreel shot by Damien Parer contains some of the most recognised images of Australian troops in the Second...

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  • 1932
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    On Our Selection

    On Our Selection

    4.8 1932 HD

    The movie opens with the title card "bushland symphony", followed by sounds and vision of the Australian bush. The subsequent action involves a...

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