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My Three Angels (film)

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My Three Angels
Directed byAlan Burke
Written byNoel Robinson
StarringBrigid Lenihan
Production
company
ABC
Release date
19 December 1962
Running time
75 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

My Three Angels is a 1962 Australian TV adaptation. It was based on the play My Three Angels by Samuel and Bella Spewack which in turn was based on the French play La Cuisine Des Anges by Albert Husson.

Plot

On Christmas Eve in French Guiana, Felix and Emillie Ducotel struggle to maintain a small shop and the arrival of Felix's unpleasant cousin, Henri (Owen Weingott). They have a daughter, Marie-Louise (Anna Volksa).

Three convicts (Gordon Chater, Richard Davies, Murray Rose), decide that, as a Christmas gift to the family, they will set everyone's problems to rights.

Cast

Production

The show marked the acting debut of swimmer Murray Rose.[1]

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald called it "moderately successful" because it did not manage to treat the material "so whimsically and delicately that its rather dubious morality remains in the realm of fantasy." However he did think that "on its own rather obvious terms it [the production] was efficient enough." The critic added that Murray Rose was "amiable and decorative and obviously did everything the producer had told him to do; but it would be overcharitable to suggest that he did it with any conviction or distinction."[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Murray Rose In Acting Debut". The Canberra Times. Vol. 37, , no. 10, 412. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 December 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 11 June 2016 – via National Library of Australia.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link)
  2. ^ "Adaptation of Stage Comedy", Sydney Morning Herald, December 20, 1962