| Harmony Row | |
| Director: | F. W. Thring Raymond Longford (associate)[1] |
| Producer: | F. W. Thring |
| Based On: | stage show by George Wallace |
| Starring: | George Wallace Phyllis Baker |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Higgins |
| Studio: | Efftee Film Productions |
| Distributor: | Universal Pictures |
| Runtime: | 78 mins |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | £11,000[2] [3] |
| Gross: | £18,000[4] |
Harmony Row is a 1933 Australian musical comedy directed by F. W. Thring and Raymond Longford and starring popular stage comedian George Wallace. It marked the film debut of Bill Kerr.[5]
George enlists in the police force and is assigned to Harmony Row, a haunt of criminals such as Slogger Lee. He makes several friends, including the pretty street musician Molly, and boy soprano Leonard. He is persuaded to fight Slogger Lee in a boxing tournament. He manages to defeat Slogger and win, and is united with Molly.
| Harmony Row | |
| Premiere: | 23 August 1924 |
| Place: | Newtown Majestic, Sydney[6] |
| Orig Lang: | English |
| Genre: | comedy revue |
The film was based on a revue Wallace had performed in the 1920s.[7] It was one of a series of "revusicals" written by Wallace during this period.[8]
The film marked the feature film debut of Bill Kerr who had been cast by Thring in a proposed movie called Pick and the Duffers. That movie was not made but he was then cast in Harmony Row.[9]
The full version of the film features a haunted house sequence where George unravels a mystery in a mansion. In some versions of the film this sequence was cut and replaced with one where George arrests a high society gentlemen (Campbell Copelin), thinking he's a thief.[2]
The film was released on a double bill with Diggers in Blighty and was a success at the box office.[2] The two films grossed £8000 in Melbourne and £3070 in two weeks in Sydney.[10]
The critic from The Sydney Morning Herald called it "the first really successful picture that Efftee Films have produced."[11]
The film was released in England.