1) The Man from Down Under (1943) - created as a vehicle for Wallace Beery, turned into one for Charles Laughton, set in Australia
2) The Fortunes of Richard Mahoney - MGM proposed filming this in the late 1940s as a vehicle for Gregory Peck and Greer Garson which actually makes sense
3) Interrupted Melody (1955) - biopic of Australian opera singer Marjorie Lawrence, developed as a vehicle for Greer Garson, given over to Eleanor Parker - has some scenes set in Australia
4) Million Dollar Mermaid (1953) - biopic of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman, turned into a (quite good) Esther Williams vehicle
5) Captain Bligh Returns - proposed sequel to MGM's Mutiny on the Bounty which Frank Lloyd wanted to make after that 1935 film's success, set during the Rum Rebellion
6) Dr Gillespie's New Assistant (1943) - Dr Kildare movie featured two Australian characters, one played by Aussie Shirley Ann Richards, the other by Richard Quine
7) The VIPs (1963) - Rod Taylor gets to play an Aussie
8) The Shiralee (1957) - MGM-Ealing film set and shot in Australia starring Peter Finch
9) Rhapsody (1954) - Elizabeth Taylor movie bassed on Aussie book by Henry Richardson
10) They Were Expendable (1945) - John Ford on US troops in the Philippines helping MacArthur escape to Oz
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