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3 unusual facts about The Man from Kangaroo


The Man from Kangaroo

It was the first of several films he made with the husband and wife team of director Wilfred Lucas and writer Bess Meredyth, both of whom had been imported from Hollywood by E.J. Carroll.

Meredyth spent a few months in the Mitchell Library in Sydney looking for topics to make movies about.

With E.J. Carroll he arranged to bring back a team of Americans to assist them making movies in Australia, including director Wilfred Lucas, his wife, screenwriter Bess Meredyth, actor Brownie Vernon, assistant director John Wells and cinematographer John Doerrer.



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