Dinner with the Family (1959)
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An English actress makes her Australian TV debut in a play about a family dinner. The story was filmed in Melbourne in the late 1950s.
datedlow-keytheatricalnostalgicmodestlightearnestmildly dramatic
What happens
Dinner with the Family is a 1959 Australian TV play. Australian TV drama was relatively rare at the time. It featured English star Jessie Matthews in her first Australian TV appearance – she was touring the country at the time – and was shot in Melbourne. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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