* For the Term of His Natural Life - Australia's greatest silent era director, Raymond Longford, was meant to direct this adaptation of one of our greatest novels but as the budget went up Longford became on the nose and the backers decided to employ an American. A great shame.
* Robbery Under Arms - the dream film project of Ken Hall who surely would've done a better job than Jack Lee. Hall at his peak in the 30s or 40s would've knocked this out of the park.
* Collitt's Inn - Frank Thring was a limited director but great producer and one of his triumphs was this stage production. He meant to film it but struggled to raise funds and died before he had the chance.
* My Love Must Wait - a book about Matthew Flinders which was optioned by Charles Chauvel
* The Drums of Myrrhh - Ion Idriess has been filmed surprisingly little for such a popular author - Sandy Harbutt was going to make this his follow up to Stone but could not raise the funds
* The Siege of Sydney - Brian Trenchard Smith does an early version of The Rock - a great shame.
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