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The storyline centres on the friendship between Mo, who is broke and behind in his rent, and Miriam, a young girl who claims to be an orphan, but who is in fact the runaway daughter of a rich aristocrat, Major Burnett. Mo is unaware that a large reward has been offered, but gangster Al Baloney and Mae West impersonator Kate plot to take the girl from him in order to get the money.
While Mo and his sidekick Donald undertake a series of disastrous attempts at finding employment, they inadvertently thwart the kidnap attempts. Miriam eventually leads Mo to the mansion where she lives but he is blamed for her disappearance and flees with Donald into the bush on a bicycle.
During their quest to find an old goldmine, the pair undertake various adventures, including being attacked by a tribe of Aborigines whom they take for cannibals. When they finally make it back to the city, they find that they have been cleared of any charges and the major throws a spectacular ball in Mo's honour.
A subplot involves a romance between a young couple, while the production itself includes a Busby Berkeley-style spectacle complete with 150 dancers.
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This entry has been sourced from on-going historical research into Australian-written music theatre and music film being conducted by Dr Clay Djubal.
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Strike Me Lucky (Ken G. Hall, 1934)
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 52 2009;
— Review of Strike Me Lucky 1934 single work film/TV -
'Lucky' Strike : Strike Me Lucky! - Mo's Making History!
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: On Stage , Winter vol. 7 no. 3 2006; (p. 18) An article on the recent discovery by actor/writer/director Jon Fabian of previously missing footage from Roy Rene's 1934 film Strike Me Lucky (directed by Ken G. Hall). Fabian discovered the 26 minutes of film stock, which had been sitting in a Canberra repository for decades, while researching his biography of Rene. In the interview Fabian concludes: 'The possibility of seeing the film with Mo as Hall originally realised it is very, very exciting' (p18). -
Lost in Oz? Jews in the Australian Cinema
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : The Australian Journal of Media & Culture , vol. 8 no. 2 1994; -
Strike Me Lucky
1934
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 November 1934; (p. 6)
— Review of Strike Me Lucky 1934 single work film/TV
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Strike Me Lucky
1934
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19 November 1934; (p. 6)
— Review of Strike Me Lucky 1934 single work film/TV -
Strike Me Lucky (Ken G. Hall, 1934)
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , no. 52 2009;
— Review of Strike Me Lucky 1934 single work film/TV -
'Lucky' Strike : Strike Me Lucky! - Mo's Making History!
2006
single work
interview
— Appears in: On Stage , Winter vol. 7 no. 3 2006; (p. 18) An article on the recent discovery by actor/writer/director Jon Fabian of previously missing footage from Roy Rene's 1934 film Strike Me Lucky (directed by Ken G. Hall). Fabian discovered the 26 minutes of film stock, which had been sitting in a Canberra repository for decades, while researching his biography of Rene. In the interview Fabian concludes: 'The possibility of seeing the film with Mo as Hall originally realised it is very, very exciting' (p18). -
Lost in Oz? Jews in the Australian Cinema
1994
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : The Australian Journal of Media & Culture , vol. 8 no. 2 1994;
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- Darlinghurst, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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