Includes bibliographical references (pages 400) and index.

Contents:
Pt One. 1. Saturdays at the Sesqui -- 2. The Sentimental Bloke - meeting Raymond Longford -- 3. Discovering 'The hidden power' -- 4. The voice of Australia -- 5. 'There's no future in it, Son!' -- 6. Seven miles from Sydney and 10,000 miles from care -- 7. Letters home: 189 Cromwell Road - 'Hurry, my milliner is waiting!' -- 8. Five for Europe: a telegram from home -- 9. Another Cinesound exclusive! -- 10. Forgotten cinema and the Australian renaissance -- 11. Michael Powell and S.Y.M. -- 12. Home to Avening -- 13. 'The locomotive that drives everything else" -- 14. Mercer clips and Hollywood -- 15. Le Reveil dans ls Terreur - Wake in Fright -- 16. Ballet in the bedroom -- 17. Insular fairyland - anyone for croquet? -- 18. ...'You wanna make a film about a woman???!!' -- 19. My sons, my horses - the anatomy of a motion picture -- 20. 'This bizarre work' - The Night the Prowler -- 21. The very strange case of The unknown Industrial Prisoner -- 22. Not in the public interest - the Juanita factor -- 23. Flight ten from Honolulu - a complete change of direction -- 24. A landmark Australian film -- Pt. Two. 25. ... And now for something completely different- television!-- 26. The tree of humankind - man on a limb ! -- 27. The heroes of the miniseries -- 28. Prostitution - adapting Bryce Courtenay - and the mysterious case of the stolen Logie -- Pt. Three. 29. Back to the reel world -- 30. On their selection - the $24,000 lunch! -- 31. A celebration - then the shadows fall -- 32. 'That resilient little beast' - but not quite a heart stopper! -- 33. An apple for the teacher - food for thought -- 34. Shattered dreams - broken promises -- The final reel - the full circle.

As the editor of the classic films Wake in Fright, Age of Consent and Nureyev's Don Quixote, as well as television series that include Poor Man's Orange, Celluloid Heroes and Man on the Run, Tony Buckley is well placed to take us behind the scenes to observe through his eyes the fascinating growth of Australian film making.