AustLit

'Folkloric recording. Abraham 'Jock' Levy, born 1916, in London, talks about his family background; coming to Australia with his family in 1925; the Salvation Army; Bondi; politics; leaving school aged 12; wages; discrimination at school; Jock Garden; Tommy Jones; joining the Communist Party; Bella Weiner; Jewish Youth Theatre; Maxim Gorky; 'The Lower Depths'; 'The Yellow Star'; Sid Mostyn; classes on Marxism; the New Theatre; 'The Ghost Sonata'; Clifford Odetts: 'Waiting for Lefty'; directing and acting for 12 years; J. C. Williamson's; the banning 'Til the Day I Die'; Anti-Nazism; the history of New Theatre; attending Jewish School (London); being an avid reader; Molière; Ben Johnson; a fall out with the New Theatre (1948/​49); WWII joining the AIF; New Guinea; working for the De Havillands and later as a clerk for the army ships; Waterside Workers' Federation; Keith Gow; putting on a play for the 'Wharfies' and filming the event.

'Levy discusses being asked to make films for the Unions about current issues; the support from the rank and file 'Wharfies'; 'The Hungry Miles'; Norma Disher; winning the gold medal, at the Warsaw Film Festival; Robert Menzies; a strike; the film 'November Victory'; the Communist Party of Australia; Wattle Films; Miner's Federation; filming at Nebo Mine; more on Keith Gow; CPSU 20th Congress (1956); working in the film industry for many years; a special unit to assist overseas film makers; making commercials; Ross Wood; Stanley Kramer and the film 'On the Beach'; marrying in 1942; his two sons; the death of his wife; clubs 'All Nations' and 'Friends of the Soviet Union'; Peter Hamilton; his acting and directing; 'The Star Turns Red' by Sean O'Casey; socialism; 'Rags' Henderson; Jim Healey; the 'Wharfie's' films now being available on DVD; the book, 'Fighting Films' by Lisa Milner; the John Hughes film on the work of the unit, 'Film Work'.' (Trove)