After the war, the complications are resolved and the third man is reunited with the girl[6][3] In December 1929 it was announced that a company, Artaus, had been formed to make the film and shooting would begin by January 1930.

"[11] According to the company’s announcement, “supporting players have reduced the Poverty Point congregation by another seventy-four pros, and near-pros.”[12] Scenes set in the Palestinian desert were shot in sandhills at Kensington near Sydney and in Western New South Wales.

[14][15][16] Higgins and Fay argued that their films had been given enough prints under the judging system to warrant the second prize of £2,500 and threatened to sue, but the government did not change its mind.

[19][20] Austin Fay requested government assistance and a quota ensuring one Australian film per year, adding "It seems a remarkable fact that every industry in Australia has been assisted from time to time by tariff duties, etc., etc., and yet the greatest money-making industry of the lot, and the one that costs Australia more than any other is being neglected.

The change of identification discs in the desert was so puzzling in its consequences that it left the beholders yesterday completely at a loss.

[13]The Sydney Sun said " It is unsophisticated In plot and acting, but some of the scenes are excellent, particularly good being representations of pipe-laying in the desert and photographs of the Light Horse.

"[25] Everyone's said: After the photography has been praised as the best yet seen in an Australian picture, “Fellers” has few points for commendation beyond some shots of the Light Horse in Palestine which constitute neat pieces of camera-craft.

The plot is both unconvincing and wearisome; direction is uninspired; the acting weak; the attempts at comedy laborious... Musical synchronisation throughout does not reach standard, and the talking sequence occupies a few minutes at the very end.

The story is rambling, the photography no better than that of the earliest Australian ventures, and the addition of synchronised music and a very brief talkie sequence are serious handicaps.

"[28][29] The same paper claimed "Business so bad that newspaper advertising has been withdrawn and the management is simply sitting back and taking its licking.