The Kid Stakes

The Kid Stakes
The Kid Stakes title screen.
Directed byTal Ordell
Written byTal Ordell
Based oncomic strip characters created by Syd Nicholls
Produced byTal Ordell
Virgil Coyle
StarringRobin 'Pop' Ordell
Eileen Alexander
Frank Boyd
Leonard Durell
Syd Nicholls
Tad Ordell
CinematographyArthur Higgins
Production
company
Ordell-Coyle Productions
Release date
  • 9 June 1927 (1927-06-09)[1]
Running time
76 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget£4,000[2]

The Kid Stakes is a 1927 Australian silent black and white comedy film written and directed by Tal Ordell.[3]

The screenplay is based on characters created by Syd Nicholls[3] in his comic strip, Fatty Finn.

  1. ^ "WINTERGARDEN THEATRE". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 9 June 1927. p. 22. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 135.
  3. ^ a b "The Kid Stakes – Principal Credits". Australian Screen. National Film & Sound Archive. Retrieved 20 October 2011.