• The film is based on characters created by Syd Nicholls and his comic strip, Fatty Finn - a somewhat iconic character in Australia folklore.
  
• I read that it was the LAST silent movie ever produced in Australia - that makes it a piece of history.
• [off Wkipedia] "Fatty Finn (Robin 'Pop' Ordell) is the six-year-old leader of a gang of kids in Woolloomooloo. They enter Fatty's pet goat Hector in the annual goat derby, but his rival Bruiser Murphy (Frank Boyd) lets the goat loose before the race. After a series of adventures, Fatty finds the runaway goat and persuades a friendly aviator to fly him to the race-track in time for the main event."
• The film's finale, the goat race, however was filmed in Rockhampton in Queensland, because goat racing was illegal in New South Wales.
  
• Most Australians will know this film, it was remade as Fatty Finn in 1980.
• It's a great looking poster!

The U.S. government is expanding its civil forfeiture case tied to assets allegedly diverted by high-level officials in Malaysia. On Thursday, the feds filed a new complaint aimed at seizing rights to the Red Granite Pictures produced films Dumb and Dumber To and Daddy's Home. The government is asserting that tens of millions of dollars used to produce these films are traceable to foreign corruption. Additionally, the feds are eyeing gifts given to a couple celebrities, including high-priced paintings once enjoyed by Leonardo DiCaprio, now possibly in the government's possession.

Last year, a similar complaint was made in California federal court with respect to The Wolf of Wall Street, the Oscar-nominated film directed by Martin Scorsese. The film was allegedly funded with assets from a fund called 1Malaysia Development Berdhard (1MDB), then diverted into shell companies. Some of the money is said to have gone to Red Granite, run by CEO Riza Aziz, the stepson of Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak. Of $4.5 billion allegedly misappropriated, a portion went "to fund the co-conspirators' lavish lifestyles, including purchases of artwork and jewelry, the acquisition of luxury real estate and luxury yachts, the payment of gambling expenses, and the hiring of musicians and celebrities to attend parties."

In May, federal prosecutors told a California federal judge that the U.S. government was "actively discussing a potential settlement" with Red Granite Pictures. On Wednesday, court papers in the Wolf of Wall Street case were filed under seal.

Now comes new forfeiture actions.

According to one complaint, a shell company called Aabar-BVI, incorporated in Abu Dhabi, maintained approximately $1.367 billion from the 1MDB fund. In 2012, Aabar-BVI sent three wires totaling $238 million to Aziz's Red Granite bank account in Singapore. The feds next assert that dozens of transfers totaling more than $50 million were made to two accounts for Dumb and Dumber To maintained by Red Granite. Later, about $30 million in "funds traceable to diverted 1MDB proceeds" went to accounts for Daddy's Home. Some additional money is said to have come from a $50 million loan from Morgan Stanley that was secured with distribution proceeds from Wolf of Wall Street.

The feds are also eyeing other assets, including a rare movie poster of Metropolis purchased by Aziz for $1.2 million in October 2012 that was described as hanging in Red Granite's office. According to a source connected with Red Granite, the poster has already been turned over to authorities.

The government also wants artwork gifted to DiCaprio, including a Picasso painting purchased for $3.28 million, a photograph by Diane Arbus purchased for $750,000, and a Jean-Michel Basquiat collage purchased for $9,191,040. The latter two works are alleged to have been given to the actor from Jho Low, a Malaysian financier and close associate of Aziz. As for the Picasso painting, it allegedly came from Eric Tan, an associate of Low with a handwritten note saying, "Dear Leonardo DiCarpio, Happy belated Birthday! This gift is for you."

The Hollywood Reporter has also learned that DiCaprio has voluntarily surrendered to the government an Oscar awarded to Marlon Brando. (More on the background of this here.) He also has turned over the art referenced above, although an application for an arrest warrant for the property has been concurrently filed. The actor, however, has no plans at the moment to turn over the substantial sum of money he received for performing in The Wolf of Wall Street. (Some analysis on that topic is here.)

Also wanted for the government's collection of seized assets is jewelry purchased by Low, including a 11.72-carat heart-shaped diamond allegedly gifted to Miranda Kerr, a prominent Australian model who once was married to Orlando Bloom and is now married to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel.

In a statement, a spokesperson for Red Granite comments, "As we have previously disclosed, Red Granite is actively engaged in discussions with the Justice Department aimed at resolving these civil cases and is fully cooperating. In the meantime, Red Granite remains an active production company, moving ahead to complete post production work on its next feature film while developing exciting new projects."

DiCaprio's spokesperson adds, "Last July, upon hearing of the government's civil action against certain parties involved in the making of The Wolf of Wall Street, Mr. DiCaprio's representatives — working under his instruction — initiated contact with the Department of Justice. This effort was to determine if there were any gifts or charitable donations originating from the parties named in the civil complaint, and to offer the return of any such gifts or donations with the aid and instruction of the government. Prior to the government's filing of the civil pleading today, Mr. DiCaprio initiated return of these items, which were received and accepted by him for the purpose of being included in an annual charity auction to benefit his eponymous foundation. He has also returned an Oscar originally won by Marlon Brando, which was given to Mr. DiCaprio as a set gift by Red Granite to thank him for his work on The Wolf of Wall Street. Mr. DiCaprio is grateful for the support of the government in this effort and continues to hope that justice is done in this matter."

The colossal archive features 196,000 posters from more than 44,000 films which have been made since the birth of cinema in the early 1900s and has been single-handedly pieced together by one avid collector over the last 50 years.

Morris Everett Jr, from Cleveland, Ohio, has dedicated his life's work to seeking out original posters from every English-speaking film ever made and compiling them into a comprehensive library.

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The Prince and the Showgirl starring Marilyn Monroe, film from 1957, is part the collection

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Breakfast at Tiffany's, starring Audrey Hepburn in 1961 is part of the 196,000 strong poster collection

Highlights of the collection include one-of-a-kind poster from 1927 silent film Metropolis said to be worth $47,000 (£30,000) alone, plus original artwork from film classics like Breakfast at Tiffany's, Gone with the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.

But it also includes posters from more modern epics like The Godfather, The Terminator, Pulp Fiction and Titanic as well as films right up to the present day.

Mr Everett Jr, 73, is a historian-turned-collector whose passion for posters began in 1961 while he was still at university.

Instead of following in his father's footsteps by collecting stamps he discovered movie posters and set about building a collection.

The first two posters he bought were for 1961 romantic drama Splendor in the Grass, starring Warren Beatty, and the 1938 flick The Charge of the Light Brigade with Errol Flynn.

Casablanca, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in 1942 was collected by the historian

Morris Everett Jr, from Ohio, stands with some of his movie posters - the world's largest collection

He has since acquired posters and entire collections from all over the world and is the only person attempting to acquire posters from every film made.

In 1991 Mr Everett Jr set up the Everett Collection, turning his hobby into a business by licencing images of his posters.

He has grown it into the world's largest collection which is stored in bank vaults.

Now in his seventies, Mr Everett Jr has decided to sell up so that he can see his life's work enjoyed by others.

The collection is tipped to make $8 million - around £5 million pounds - when it goes under the hammer in one lot at Los Angeles saleroom Profiles in History.

Metropolis, a silent movie from 1927 is the first movie poster that started Everett's collection

Gone With the Wind, from 1939, is one of the original movie posters in the collection

That equates to just $39 (£25) for each poster, but incredibly, experts say if the collection was sold individually it could be worth up to $23 million (£15 million).

Mr Everett Jr said: 'I started collecting 53 years ago when I asked a friend of mine who had a small collection of posters where he got them and he told me about a store in New York called Movie Star News.

'When I went on vacation I went to that store and bought posters from Splendor in the Grass and Charge of the Light Brigade.

'I come from a collecting family and that was where my collection started.

'I bought a collection of 6,000 pieces in the late 1960s and from then on I started buying up other people's collections.

'It became my goal to collect a poster from every single English-speaking film ever made.

The Mummy, from 1932, is part of the collection that is set to sell for a whopping $8 million

The Wizard of Oz movie poster, filmed in 1939, will go under the hammer in one lot at a California saleroom on December 17

'I wanted my collection to be comprehensive, capturing the history of countries through film.

'I bought small collections and large collections, and I even got into financial troubles doing so, but I always considered it a hobby rather than an investment.

'That was until the late 1980s when I went through a divorce and I had to look at my financial situation.

'I realised that instead of investing in the stock market I invested in movie memorabilia.

'I opened a store in Hollywood and a store in Cleveland buying, selling and trading movie posters.

'There's no other collection in the world that even comes close to mine in terms of its comprehensiveness covering movie posters from 1907 right up to the present day.

Girl From 10th Avenue movie poster, filmed in 1935, is part of the comprehensive library

'There are many one-of-a-kind pieces in there. This collection couldn't be replicated today.

'I'm selling the collection now because I want to see the collection go to a good home while I am living and save my family the trouble of dealing with 196,000 posters when I'm gone.

'The collection is unique and it is being sold as a single entity rather than individual lots because I would love it to remain as a whole.

'The crazy thing about it is that even though I've listed my posters for sale I'm still collecting and adding to it. I want to make it the very best I can.

'It's been so much fun putting this collection together and I feel very privileged to have been able to do it.

A collection of the 196,000 posters Morris Everett Jr has collected can be seen in this picture

'It will be a strange feeling not owning it any more but at the same time there will be a small sense of relief at making life a little more simple.'

Auctioneers have described the sale as 'a once in a lifetime opportunity'.

Joe Maddalena, owner of Profiles in History, said: 'The Morris Everett Jr. Collection is the most substantial and significant vintage movie collection in the world and will feature several-one-of-kind treasures never before offered to the collecting public.

'The items exemplify classic Hollywood, reflecting the true lure of Hollywood's Golden Age.'

The auction will be held on December 17. 

The collection of the 196,000 movie posters (pictured) boasts artwork from almost every single film made in the last century

Classic: This poster, valued at $80,000, is the only example of this style of promo image of the 1932 Tarzan the Ape Man film starring Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan

Funny discovery: The Basta family also pulled up a promo for Any Old Port, a Laurel and Hardy short also from 1932

Unique: This poster for 1932's Red Headed Woman, starring Jean Harlow, is thought to be one of only third of its kind. The screenplay is by Great Gatsby author F. Scott Fitzgerald

A star is born: This 1940 poster for Sporting Blood is promoting Clarke Gable's first ever starring role

Tinseltown classic: This poster for 1932 film Blonde of the Follies shows stars Billie Dove, Marion Davies and Jimmy Durante in the 

Lucky find: Mr Basta's sons were ripping up flooring when they uncovered the posters. Pictured is a second Blonde of the Follies poster from the cache

Horror flick: Another of the posters advertises Doctor X, also from 1932, which follows a reporter investigating cannibalism

After researching the full collection, the family realized how valuable the find was and contacted auctioneers, who have organized a sale of the posters this week.

Action film: This thriller, Congroilla, is another fruit of the 1932 season stashed under the Pennsylvania home's flooring

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Western: Universal's A Rider of Death Valley, again from 1932, also featured in the treasure trove

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Older: This image shows a scene from 1929's The Long Long Trail, starring Hoot Gibson as The Ramblin' Kid

Showtunes: The Dance of Life, an adaptation of the Broadway show Burlesque, is another 1929 film in the collection

Romance: This 1932 poster advertises Tess of the Storm Country, a remade silent movie