Eleventh Hour (1942 documentary film)

1942 Australian film

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 (1942-11)

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

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

## Cast

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

## Reception

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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

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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.

## External links

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* Eleventh Hour at IMDb
* Eleventh Hour at National Film and Sound Archive

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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)

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