Down Under (1927 film)

Down Under is an Australian feature-length film directed by Harry Southwell. It was the first full-length feature film made in Western Australia. It featured the outback, as well as Perth and Kings Park.

Plot
An Australian vagabond, Walter Nobbage, has a series of adventures, including a trotting race meeting, a cattle muster and an aboriginal corroboree. Nobbage's sweetheart dies and he sacrifices his life for the safe her his dead sweetheart's little boy.

Cast

 * Harry Southwell
 * Nancy Mills
 * Ivy Deakin
 * Alec Weird
 * Mrs Compton
 * L Laurence
 * J Austin
 * G Cotter
 * G Temple-Poole
 * J Hennessy
 * D Brown
 * J Southwell
 * A Raven

Production
The film was financed by West Australian businessmen and shot in that state at Erlistoun Station, Laverton and Perth.

Southwell claimed at the time he had a contract to make six films for distribution in Britain.

It was the first and only production of Anglo-Australian Films.

Release
It premiered on 4 September 1929 in Perth at the Majestic Theatre. The film appears never to have received a commercial release in Britain

Southwell attempted to set up another company in Australia, Western Southwell Productions, aiming to make a £4,000 movie called Gold. This film was never made.