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Adaptations
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form
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
( dir. Monte Luke
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Australia
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J. C. Williamson's Ltd
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1916
7696960
1916
single work
film/TV
humour
mystery
An author makes a bet that he can complete a novel in twenty-four hours, and isolates himself in a mountain resort in order to write. But he is interrupted by a series of visitors.
Notes
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Seven Keys to Baldpate is included in AustLit because of an Australian-written adaptation.
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The 1916 Australian film was the first filmed version of this play, which was filmed (for cinema and television) a further eight times.
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The play is based on a novel by Earl Derr Biggers.
Production Details
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First performed on Broadway in 1913.
First performed in Australia for Fred Niblo's highly successful 1914 tour.
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