Orphan of the Wilderness (1936)

1936 film by Ken G. Hall

Released

1936

Country

Australia

Language

English

Genre

Boxing film

Director

Ken G. Hall

Screenplay

Edmond Seward

Producer

Ken G. Hall

Music

Hamilton Webber

Cinematography

George Heath

Starring

Brian Abbot, Gwen Munro

Production company

Cinesound Productions

Orphan of the Wilderness is a 1936 Australian feature film from director Ken G. Hall about the adventures of a boxing kangaroo. It starred Brian Abbot who disappeared at sea not long after filming completed.

Ken Hall later said "the fauna sequences...were really artistic. That film developed so that you had the deepest possible sympathy for those animals and there was nothing phony or faked about it. It was quite beautiful and quite artistic and I’m still very proud of it and the magnificent photographic work of George Heath... that film was very successful commercially both here and overseas. True the human actors weren’t nearly as good as the kangaroos. They lacked the artistry of the uninhibited fauna."

External links

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Facts from Wikidata Q7103933 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.