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'The Devil's Playground' [Australian film, 1928] A Fijian…
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Melbourne
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26-Jun-2022
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'The Devil's Playground' [Australian film, 1928] A Fijian whale-tooth tabua, together with seven original production stills from the silent movie made by Fineart Film Productions on Sydney's North Shore, using the beaches and Mosman Town Hall as locations. The island native rebels were played by Sydney lifesavers in blackface. The director was Victor Bindley and this was his only film. Accompanied by a VHS video of the film together with notes regarding all the photographs. The tabua can be seen in the accompanying photograph as part of the chieftan Trelua's costume; it is 18.5 cm long. The part was played by Cyril Benedict Zamora Callaghan. He is embracing his princess (played by Edna Croft). The other photograph shows the 'natives' preparing at Bilgola Beach. The Sydney Morning Herald of 8 February 1930 reported that the film had been banned from export under the censorship regulations which included blasphemy, indecency, or obscenity, being injurious to morality, or likely to be offensive to the people of the British Empire.
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