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Dick and Marion are reunited and walk off into the sunset, with Marion holding the whip, literally.

== Cast ==

*[[Victor Jory]] as Dick Drake
*Margaret Dare as Marion Hastings
*[[Robert Coote]] as Reggie Mannister
*Cecil Perry as Donald Lawton
*George Bryant as Dan Hastings
*Leo Cracknell as Barbwire
*Georgie Stirling as Minna
*Rita Pauncefort as Aunt Abbie
*Stewart McColl as Black

== Production ==

The movie was partly financed by a Hollywood studio, Columbia, and used an imported American star and director. It was made by [[Pagewood Studios|National Studios]], who owned Pagewood Film Studios and had links with National Productions, the company that made [[The Flying Doctor]] (1936).^ref

The original story was written by [[Zane Grey]] while at  during his 1935 fishing tour of Australia, a period which also produced the film [[White Death (1936 film)|]] (1936).^ref The script was adapted by [[...|Charles]] and [[Elsa Chauvel]]. It features a number of stock characters from Australian films and theatre of the time, such as the "[[...|squatter's daughter]]" and the "English new chum".

The role of Marion Hastings was originally offered to Nancy O'Neil, an Australian actor living in England.^ref The director was imported from Hollywood, as was star [[Victor Jory]].^ref

The female lead was given to a Sydney girl, Peggy Barnes, who changed her name to Margaret Dare.^ref She was signed to a three year contract with National Studios but asked to be released from it.^ref

Although there was some talk the film would be made in Queensland^ref it was eventually shot on location near Gloucester and in the [[Burragorang Valley]].^ref^ref

Victor Jory was fined for speeding while driving in Sydney.^ref

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{{Infobox film
| name = Rangle River
| image = 
| image_size = 
| caption = 
| director = [[Clarence G. Badger]]
| producer = 
| writer = [[Charles Chauvel (filmmaker)|Charles Chauvel]] [[Elsa Chauvel]]
| based on = story by [[Zane Grey]]
| narrator = 
| starring = [[Victor Jory]] [[Robert Coote]]
| music = 
| cinematography = Errol Hinds
| editing = Frank Coffey
| studio = [[Columbia Pictures]] National Studios
| distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] (Aust & UK) J.H. Hoffberg (US)
| released = 19 December 1936 (Australia)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17310327 |title=AMUSEMENTS. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=11 December 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> 1937 (UK) 1939 (US)
| runtime = 86 mins
| country = Australia
| language = English
| budget = ₤20,000<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 176.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40720408 |title=FILM-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA. |newspaper=[[Perth_Gazette|The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954)]] |location=Perth, WA |date=29 May 1936 |accessdate=11 August 2012 |page=22 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
}}
'''''Rangle River''''' is a 1936 Australian [[Western (genre)|western]] directed by [[Clarence G. Badger]].

==Synopsis==
Marion Hastings returns to her father Dan's cattle property in western Queensland after being away in Europe for fifteen years. She is treated with hostility by her father's foreman, Dick Drake, and her father's neighbour, Don Lawton.

The river on the Hastings' property keeps drying up. An English house guest, Reggie Mannister discovers that the river is being dammed by Donald Lawton. Marion goes to investigate as Lawton dynamites his dam. Marion is trapped in the flood. Drake comes her to aid, rescues Marion from drowning and helps defeat Lawton in a whip duel.

Dick and Marion are reunited and walk off into the sunset, with Marion holding the whip, literally.

==Cast==
*[[Victor Jory]] as Dick Drake
*Margaret Dare as Marion Hastings
*[[Robert Coote]] as Reggie Mannister
*Cecil Perry as Donald Lawton
*George Bryant as Dan Hastings
*Leo Cracknell as Barbwire
*Georgie Stirling as Minna
*Rita Pauncefort as Aunt Abbie
*Stewart McColl as Black

==Production==
The movie was partly financed by a Hollywood studio, Columbia, and used an imported American star and director. It was made by [[Pagewood Studios|National Studios]], who owned Pagewood Film Studios and had links with National Productions, the company that made ''[[The Flying Doctor]]'' (1936).<ref>[http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/rangle-river/notes/ Paul Byrnes, 'Rangle River' at Australian Screen Online] accessed 27 December 2011</ref>

The original story was written by [[Zane Grey]] while at <<link:0>> during his 1935 fishing tour of Australia, a period which also produced the film ''[[White Death (1936 film)|White Death]]'' (1936).<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17239433 |title=AMERICAN ACTOR FOR AUSTRALIAN FILM. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=2 June 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=24 Supplement: Women's Supplement |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The script was adapted by [[Charles Chauvel (filmmaker)|Charles]] and [[Elsa Chauvel]]. It features a number of stock characters from Australian films and theatre of the time, such as the "[[The Squatter's Daughter (play)|squatter's daughter]]" and the "English new chum".

The role of Marion Hastings was originally offered to Nancy O'Neil, an Australian actor living in England.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55829943 "Girl Star May Fly From England." ''The Mail (Adelaide, SA)'' 6 Jun 1936: 23] accessed 26 December 2011</ref> The director was imported from Hollywood, as was star [[Victor Jory]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17246927 |title=AUSTRALIAN FILM. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=29 June 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=3 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

The female lead was given to a Sydney girl, Peggy Barnes, who changed her name to Margaret Dare.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17250687 |title=SYDNEY GIRL. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=11 July 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=11 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> She was signed to a three year contract with National Studios but asked to be released from it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17280140 |title=MISS MARGARET DARE. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=29 October 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Although there was some talk the film would be made in Queensland<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article38495286 |title=FEATURE FILM TO BE MADE IN QUEENSLAND. |newspaper=[[Courier-Mail|The Courier-Mail (Brisbane, Qld. : 1933 - 1954)]] |location=Brisbane, Qld. |date=5 June 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=19 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> it was eventually shot on location near Gloucester and in the [[Burragorang Valley]].<ref name="pike"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27991095 |title=AUSTRALIAN FILM. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=30 July 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Victor Jory was fined for speeding while driving in Sydney.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17267124 |title=VICTOR JORY FINED. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=1 October 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=9 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Reception==
The movie enjoyed a reasonably successful run in Australia. The critic from the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' described it as "the best film that has been produced in Australia so far".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17308691 |title=FILM REVIEWS. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=21 December 1936 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

It was released in the UK after some cuts were made by the censor<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27986615 |title="RANGLE RIVER.". |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=31 March 1937 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=14 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and was issued in the US in 1939 as ''Men with Whips''.

National Studios were keen to do a sequel. A shooting script was written, Clarence Badger agreed to return and by December 1936 an agreement had almost been formed with Columbia Pictures. Then the government announced that the New South Wales [[Film Quota Act]] would be not be enforced and Columbia withdrew. Said Frederick Davies of National Studios:
<blockquote>We would go on and produce the picture ourselves, if we could. But, to be quite frank our company cannot obtain enough money from the investors. From the moment when ''[[The Burgomeister (film)|The Burgomeister]]'' was rejected by the advisory board, with the consequence that it had to be shelved at a total loss, the public shied away from the business side of Australian motion pictures.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27986885 |title=QUOTA FILMS. CONFERENCE URGED. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=1 April 1937 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=10 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref></blockquote>

[[Robert Coote]] went to Hollywood after filming and enjoyed a long carer there. Margaret Dare also left for Los Angeles but seems to have been less successful.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17314946 |title=SOCIAL and PERSONAL. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=8 January 1937 |accessdate=12 August 2012 |page=5 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

Clarence Badger settled in Australia but only made one more feature, ''[[That Certain Something]]'' (1941).

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031839/ ''Rangle River''] in the [[Internet Movie Database]]
*[http://aso.gov.au/titles/features/rangle-river/ ''Rangle River''] at [[Australian Screen Online]]
*[http://journals.fcla.edu/demcom/article/view/76848/74409 Deborah Tudor, "Cultural Intersections in Early Australian Sound Films: Rangle River (1936)" ''Democractic Communique'', 19 Spring 2004]
[[Category:1936 films]]
[[Category:Australian films]]
[[Category:Australian Western (genre) films]]

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