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Clip description
Hunters have killed Chut’s mother and scattered his mob. Desperate for food, Chut arrives at the Henton farm, where Mrs Henton (Ethel Saker) spots him at the gate. Tom Henton (Brian Abbot) fixes the frightened joey a new pouch, made from a pair of trousers, and introduces him to a new friend, a cattle dog pup called Mike. Chut and Mike grow up together.
Curator’s notes
Ken G Hall’s films were often a mixture of broad comedy and broad sentiment. This one has less of the former, more of the latter, but it’s hard to resist the charm of these baby animal scenes. Hall’s films were notable for the use of working class characters with strong Australian accents – but these characters have educated, upper class tones. They are the squattocracy, rather than poor farmers – perhaps to distinguish them from the ‘Dad and Dave’ kinds of characters then common in rural comedies, some of which were also made by Ken Hall.
