A Son Is Born (1946)
- Directed by
- Eric Porter
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Australia
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A family drama set in Australia follows a couple facing the challenges of raising a son in the post-war years. The story focuses on their relationships and the everyday struggles of working-class life.
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What happens
A Son Is Born is a 1946 Australian melodrama directed by Eric Porter and starring Ron Randell, Peter Finch, John McCallum and Muriel Steinbeck. It was one of the few films made in Australia in the 1940s. Filmink called it modestly budgeted and scheduled, unpretentious movie made with skill that showcased some exciting stars, deployed a common genre with a strongly Australian setting, found an appreciative audience, and made a profit. It offered a perhaps more realistic financial model for local filmmakers than The Overlanders or Smithy', two other films that came out the same year. The movie is particularly notable for featuring Randell, Finch and McCallum before they moved overseas and became stars in the United States and Britain respectively. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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