Synopsis
The director explores the birth origins of actress Merle Oberon, traveling to Tasmania and India in search of the truth, but her quest ultimately results in probably more questions than it answers.
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The Trouble with Merle
2002 Directed by Maree Delofski
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I've been for a long time been interested in Merle Oberon's background so it was nice to finally being able to see this. I even made a Kanopy account just to watch it. It was great to see different theories about it and look at the evidence in India. But I think they should also have looked at the theories about her having Maori ancestry.
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Searched for this documentary after listening to the latest episode of "You must remember this". If you want to know more about Merle Oberon after the podcast, please save your time and skip this.
Tasmania's older generations' devotion in the "Tasmanian born Hollywood Actress" studio story is quite fascinating.
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