b'91556 558556 557MOVIE POSTER PERCY TROMPF [1902 - 1964] THE MOTH OF MOONBI Seek The Winter Sunshine At Mildura, The First Australian Super-Feature WESTERN in 9 reels Queen City Of The Murray Valley1926 Colour lithograph, c1930s. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower left,100 x 38cm. Backed on thick cardboard. 101.8 x 64.6cm. Linen-backed.Text continues Over her beloved hills she saw theText continues Issued by the Victorian Railways life that beckonedProduced by Chas Chauvel.Commissioners & the Mildura District Tourist Association. An Australian Film Productions Ltd Masterpiece.Vic. Rlys. Poster No. 87. J.E. Hackett. Print. Melb.Marchant & Co. Ltd., Printers, Sydney. $1,8002,000After spending 18 months in Hollywood studying the filmmaking process, Charles Chauvel returned to Queensland and formed558his own production company, Australian Film ProductionsJAMES NORTHFIELD [1887 - 1973]Ltd. He helped to secure funding by lobbying the Ipswich and Toowoomba Chambers of Commerce on the necessity of anAUSTRALIAAustralian film industry. It is our intention to produce filmsc1930s. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower left,in Queensland and wherever possible to use Queensland101 x 63cm. Linen-backed.talent in all departments of our work. Queensland, with itsText includes Australian National Travel Association. excellent climate conditions, its months of fine weather, andNorthfield Studios & J.E. Hackett.its beautiful and varied scenery is undoubtedly one of theThis very rare poster is likely an earlier version of the standard best parts of Australia in which to produce motion pictures. issue of this image, which is captioned Australian Parrots,The film was highly popular in Queensland however it fared lessprinted by F.W. Niven in more muted colours, well in the Southern states. Only part of the film survives today. with a tree line behind the lake instead of $8001,000 clouds, and no grazing horses centre left.$7,0008,000'