Eleventh Hour (1942 documentary film)

Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour
Directed by	Ken G. Hall
Produced by	Ken G. Hall
Starring	Muriel Steinbeck; John Nugent Hayward; Margaret Sinclair
Production; company	Cinesound Productions
Distributed by	Columbia
Release date	November 1942;
Running time	11 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	English

Eleventh Hour is a 1942 Australian short documentary film from director Ken G. Hall for the Department of Information.^[1]

It was the third in a series of movies to promote Austerity War Loans, following Another Threshold.^[2]

Plot

A woman wonders if the sacrifices of war are worth it. Her first World War veteran husband assures her that it is.

Cast

Muriel Steinbeck as the wife
John Nugent Hayard as the husband
Margaret Sinclair as the daughter in law

Reception

The Sydney Morning Herald wrote that:

Ken Hall... has used the Anzac Day memorial services with effect... [the film] should rally the dilatory to the war bond booths. Muriel Steinbeck Is splendid... The mournful retrospection of... [the wife]... could with advantage be less insistent in the script, and more heartening implication and less exhortation be given to the propaganda angle of the narrative.^[3]

Smith's Weekly said "Nothing is over-dramatised, and the mother...in the opening scenes particularly, is genuinely moving." The Age called it "impressive".^[4]

References

^ Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 241.
^ ""Eleventh Hour"". The Mirror. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1942. p. 9. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ "NEW FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 November 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
^ "New Film". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 6 November 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2020 – via Trove.

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[1] Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 241.

[2] ""Eleventh Hour"". The Mirror. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1942. p. 9. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[3] "NEW FILMS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 November 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 13 March 2015.

[4] "New Film". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 6 November 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2020 – via Trove.

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v t e Films directed and produced by Ken G. Hall
Feature Films	The Exploits of the Emden (1928) On Our Selection (1932) The Squatter's Daughter (1933) Cinesound Varieties (1934) The Silence of Dean Maitland (1934) Strike Me Lucky (1934) Grandad Rudd (1935) Thoroughbred (1936) Orphan of the Wilderness (1936) It Isn't Done (1937) Tall Timbers (1937) Lovers and Luggers (1937) The Broken Melody (1938) Let George Do It (1938) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Gone to the Dogs (1939) Come Up Smiling (1939) (producer only) Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939) Dad Rudd, M.P. (1940) Smithy (1946)
Documentaries	Thar She Blows! (1931) That's Cricket (1931) Ghosts of Port Arthur (1933) Road to Victory (1941) Anzacs in Overalls (1941) Australia Marches with Britain (1941) 100,000 Cobbers (1942) Another Threshold (1942) Eleventh Hour (1942) Give Us This Day (1943) South West Pacific (1943) Fourth Liberty Loans: I Had A Son (1943) First Victory Loan: Return Journey (1944) Searchlight on Japan (1948) Can John Braund Cure Cancer? (1948) Thrill of the Surf (1949) Fighting Blood (1951) Australian Bushland Symphony (1952) South Pacific Playground (1953) Overland Adventure (1954) Music in Our Schools (1954) Haven on the Hill (1956) The Kurnell Story (1957)
Newsreels	From Palestine to Bengazi with the Prime Minister (1941) Kokoda Front Line! (1942) Moresby Under the Blitz (1942) Assault on Salamaua (1943) Men of Timor (1943) The Bismarck Convoy Smashed (1943) R.A.A.F. Eagles Over New Guinea (1943)