Friday Flashback: Florrie Forde

Friday Flashback is a semi-regular feature drawing on recent news stories to delve into the archives, looking back on oft-neglected corners of Australian film history.

Earlier this week, the National Film and Sound Archive announced their annual round of additions to the wonderful Sounds of Australia registry, honouring audio achievements of cultural, historical or aesthetic importance to the Australian nation, all nominated by members of the public.

Amongst this year’s additions was a fabulous little ditty by Australian music hall artiste Florrie Floyd, whose Hold Your Hand Out Naughty Boy is a classic of music hall entendre. But despite her Australian roots, Forde actually spent most of her working life in Britain, where she moved at the tender age of 21 for a life spent in the footlights.

Friday Flashback << 3 to Go: Michael

Friday Flashback is a new, semi-regular feature that will draw on recent news stories to delve into the archives, looking back on oft-neglected corners of Australian film history.

Earlier this week, the 2nd annual AACTA Awards were doled out across three ceremonies in Los Angeles and Sydney, celebrating the great and good of Australian screen culture circa 2012 (but mostly wonderful indigenous musical comedy The Sapphires). To celebrate, this first installment of our Friday Flashback series looks back at one of the earliest winners of the AFA/AFI/AACTA award for Best Film, 3 To Go: Michael.