Typhoon Treasure

Typhoon Treasure is a 1938 Australian adventure film directed by Noel Monkman set in New Guinea although shot on the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland coast. It was Monkmans first dramatic feature film after several years making documentaries.

In the mid 1930s, Noel Monkman was working with F. W. Thring making documentaries. Thring offered to back Monkman in making a dramatic feature, and provided him with a writer, John P. McLeod. Thring planned to make the movie after visiting Hollywood in 1936 but died that year.Cinesound Productions offered to buy the script but Monkman elected to make it himself. He formed a syndicate with Bruce Cummings and Commonwealth Laboratories, who provided the crew. ........

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