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Rupert Kathner (1904–1954) was an Australian film director best known for newsreels and low-budget films. He worked with Alma Brooks, an ex-barmaid, who co-produced, operated the camera, edited, co-scripted and acted in their films.〔Morgan〕 Kathner and Brooks were also "shady con artists and fugitives from the law",〔Kalina (2006)〕 sometimes described as the "Bonnie and Clyde" of the Australian film industry. ==Career== Kathner was born in Adelaide and educated at St Peter's College. He studied art under Hans Heysen and became a sketch artist. He broke into the film industry in the early 1930s by working on set designs. His first movie was ''Phantom Gold'' (1937).〔Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p178〕 Kathner and Brooks achieved their first success with their "shocking (the time ) newsreels".〔Edwards (2006)〕 The most popular of these was about the unsolved murder case, The Pyjama Girl Murder. The newsreel was about to be distributed internationally when World War II broke out. Kathner and Brook's features were essentially B-grade movies, and dealt with typically Australian topics such as Ned Kelly and horse-racing. They were often in trouble with the law. Kathner died of a brain haemorrhage in 1954. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rupert Kathner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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