The Swagman's Story is a 1914 short film directed by Raymond Longford. Although considered a lost film, it is likely that it was a low-budget support feature.[3]
| The Swagman's Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Raymond Longford |
| Written by | Violet Pettengel[2] |
| Starring | Lottie Lyell |
| Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
Production company | Commonwealth Film Producing Company |
| Distributed by | Fraser Film Company |
Release date |
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Running time | 2,000 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages |
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Longford claimed the film was refused a release by "the Combine" who dominated Australian exhibition.[4]
Plot
editA swagman arrives on the scene of the breakdown of a motor car and tells the honeymooning drivers that he's never liked motor cars as they've never done him any good. He then goes on to explain why – ten years earlier he was living happily with his wife and pretty daughter (Lottie Lyell). Then the daughter marries a "swell city cove" and she becomes a member of the high society set, refusing to meet her unsophisticated mother. The mother is killed by a motor car and the father takes to drinking and becomes a swagman.[5]
Cast
edit- Lottie Lyell
- J Martin
- C Stevenson
- G Corti
References
edit- ^ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
- ^ "MOVING PICTURES". The Referee. Sydney. 15 April 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 1 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 46
- ^ "Bound printed copy of Minutes of Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia (one of two copies)". National Archives of Australia. NAA: A11636, 4/1. p. 145.
- ^ "PRINCESS COURT THEATRE". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 13 November 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
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