▁rom antic ▁leads . ▁They ▁either ▁left ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁radio ▁( D ick ▁Fair ), ▁returned ▁over se as ▁( John ▁Long den , ▁Billy ▁Ray es ), ▁left ▁for ▁over se as ▁( Fran k ▁Le ight on ), ▁or ▁died ▁( B rian ▁Abb ot ). ▁C ines ound ▁Tal ent ▁School ▁was ▁partly ▁founded ▁with ▁an ▁intention ▁to ▁rect ify ▁this . ▁ ▁Taylor ' s ▁phys ique , ▁good ▁looks ▁and ▁charm ▁saw ▁Ken ▁G . ▁Hall ▁cast ▁him ▁as ▁the ▁ju ven ile ▁lead ▁in ▁D ad ▁Rud d , ▁MP ▁( 1 9 4 0 ) ▁opposite ▁Y v onne ▁East . ▁The ▁Sydney ▁Tr uth ▁later ▁wrote : ▁Taylor ... ▁scored ▁in ▁the ▁scenes ▁of ▁the ▁flo od , ▁where , ▁cl ad ▁in ▁oil sk ins , ▁he ▁shout ed ▁instructions ▁above ▁the ▁tor rent ▁of ▁the ▁waters . ▁He ▁was ▁happ ier ▁in ▁the ▁rom antic ▁finale , ▁too , ▁than ▁Australian ▁leading ▁men ▁are ▁wont ▁to ▁be . ▁But ▁light ing ▁did ▁not ▁fl atter ▁his ▁appearance , ▁nor ▁micro phone ▁his ▁voice , ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁early ▁scenes . ▁ ▁Fort y ▁Th ous and ▁H ors emen ▁and ▁st ard om ▁Taylor ▁was ▁then ▁selected ▁by ▁Charles ▁Ch au vel ▁to ▁play ▁the ▁lead ▁role ▁of ▁' Red ' ▁Gall ag her ▁in ▁the ▁war ▁film ▁Fort y ▁Th ous and ▁H ors emen ▁( 1 9 4 0 ). ▁Ch au vel ▁had ▁cast ▁Er rol ▁F lyn