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Titles tagged with ‘drunkenness’

5 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year

Grandad Rudd feature film – 1935

Some of the comical sketches are old-fashioned while others are beautifully designed to get audiences laughing during the Depression.

It Isn’t Done feature film – 1937

1937 was Cinesound’s golden year – the studio’s films now boasted wittier scripts, more attention to performance, and a series of strong leading players.

Disturber of the Peace sponsored film – c1945

A short government announcement advising citizens to consider each other’s need for sleep and to keep noise levels low when others are sleeping.

Wake in Fright feature film – 1971

A young schoolteacher loses all his money in an outback two-up game, while en route to Sydney. In the next two days he loses a lot more – self-respect, inhibitions, almost his life.

The Office Picnic feature film – 1972

Bored employees in a mindless bureaucracy are barely more than automatons until released by alcohol at the office picnic, during which sexual and generational differences explode.