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Norman Campbell's account of the filming 1906

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The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906): Bohemian vs. Budget 1897 | Dan Barry's version | Film, theatre, radio & TV | Johnson & Gibson not Tait 1906 | Ned Kelly & the Ogles | Ned Kelly Polski | Norman Campbell's account | Premiere season 1906-7 | Punch , Melbourne, 10 December 1925. Contents Introduction 1923 1925 1932 Career References -------------------- 1. Introduction In 1923, and then again in 1925 and finally in 1932, actor and writer Norman Campbell (?- 6 November 1941) published his reminiscences of working on The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906) in Sydney's The Sun , and Melbourne's Punch , and The Herald . All three are reproduced below. The articles were republished in newspapers such as The Armidale Chronicle (23 May 1923) and Theatre Magazine (1 June 1923) They are the only detailed, first-hand accounts known to the present author, covering filming of some of the most significant elements o

Dan Barry and The Kelly Gang

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The Story of the Kelly Gang (1906): Bohemian vs. Budget 1897 | Dan Barry's version  | Film, theatre, radio & TV | Johnson & Gibson not Tait 1906 | Ned Kelly & the Ogles |  Ned Kelly Polski | Premiere season 1906-7 | Compiled by Michael Organ, with the assistance of Sally Jackson  Dan Barry is now running motion picture shows of the battle which preceded the capture of Ned Kelly. Where the camera man was at the date of the Glenrowan fight is a mere detail. Barry is arranging for bioscope pictures of the Battle of Waterloo, taken on the spot, expressly for Barry, and by arrangement with the late Napoleon! (Sydney Sportsman, 20 March 1907) Contents The Kelly Gang Copyright claims The mysterious footage "Fake" Kelly film Barry, Kelly & Bio-pictures Fotheringham 1987 References Acknowledgements -------------------- 1. Dan Barry's The Kelly Gang On Boxing Day, 26 December 1906, actor and theatrical m