On the Beach, 60 years on, still makes a mark at the bottom of the world
It was, in every sense, the biggest film ever made in Melbourne. The director, Stanley Kramer, was on a roll, and the stars were some of Hollywood's biggest: square-jawed Gregory Peck, glamorous Ava Gardner, twinkle-toed Fred Astaire. No wonder crowds lined the streets to watch them at work: the circus had come to town, just as it did with the […]
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