Seven Little Australians (1939 film)

Seven Little Australians is a 1939 Australian film which adapts Ethel Turners 1894 novel to be set in the present day.

Judy runs away and falls ill. She is found by her father who allows her to go on holiday in the country to recuperate. The other children come along with her.It was originally announced the movie would be made by noted theatre producer Sir Benjamin Fuller, his first exercise into movie making. Fuller said it would be part of a slate of projects, also including the story of Father Damien of Molokai and an adaptation of Norman Lindsays novel Redheap. Fuller hired English director Arthur Greville Collins, who had directed several Hollywood films arrived in May 1939 to begin preproduction. Collins later said he was visiting Sydney on holiday when he read the book and decided to turn it into a film. ........

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