Show Business (1938 film)

Show Business is a 1938 Australian film musical directed by A. R. Harwood. It is considered a substantially lost film, with only rushes from a single minor scene left.

Bill goes to a country town and discovers a local amateur group. He buys their show and brings it to the city, where it is a big success. Wally meets a girl from a local film exchange and they decide release an old Australian film with comic commentary. An angry Nina tries to disrupt the preview of the film but fails and it is a big success. Nina then tries to blackmail Sir James but fails.Harwood claimed he had a great deal of difficulty casting the female leads, seeing over 700 applications. Shooting started in April 1938 at Cinesounds studio in St Kilda, Melbourne. The studio was found to be too cramped and inadequately equipped so the unit was shipped to Sydney in May where the film was completed at Pagewood Studios. Shooting wound up in July. ........

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