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Title

Class act: Googie Withers and John McCallum

Author(s)

McFarlane, Brian

Abstract

As I talked to the McCallums in May this year, I had to keep reminding myself that they are both in their nineties and that they've been in the business of entertaining us for over seventy years. Anyone who saw them in any of the films or plays in which they co-starred will know how well they played together professionally. As you watch them together now, complementing (and complimenting) each other, you can't help wondering how much of their professional success was a spin-off from a stimulating partnership off-screen or off-stage. It seems timely to pay tribute to them for what they achieved in the performing arts in Australia and elsewhere.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

Meanjin, Vol. 68, no. 3 (Spring 2009), pp. 103-110

Publication year

2009

Keyword(s)

Entertainers;  Films;  McCallum, John;  Performing arts;  Plays;  Withers, Googie

Publisher

Meanjin

ISSN

0025-6293

Publisher URL

http://meanjin.com.au/

Copyright

Copyright © Brian McFarlane. The published version is reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher.

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