Screen Test (1937)

- Directed by
- Charles Chauvel
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This short documentary shows how screen tests are done for film. It features a young woman from Brisbane who signs with the director.
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What happens
Screen Test is a 1937 short Australian documentary directed by Charles Chauvel about how screen tests are conducted. Brisbane girl Betty Pike features in the film and was signed to Charles Chauvel. When the film was released, Chauvel held a screen test competition to promote it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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