'Neath Austral Skies

'Neath Austral Skies
Directed by Raymond Longford
Produced by A.C. Tinsdale
Written by Raymond Longford
Starring Lottie Lyell
Production
company
Commonwealth Film Producing Company
Distributed by Co-Operative Film Exchange
Release dates
 2 December 1913[1]
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

'Neath Austral Skies is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford.

It is considered a lost film.

Plot

Captain Frank Hollis (Martyn Keith) is engaged to Eileen Delmont (Lottie Lyell). When her brother Eric commits a theft, Frank accepts the blame in order to protect her family's name. He leaves for Australia and joins the New South Wales mounted police. Eric confesses and Eileen and her father go to Australia to track down Frank. They buy a property, some of their cattle is stolen and request a trooper come to their aid – it is Frank. On the way out to see them, Frank is captured by the thieves and is thrown in the river, but Eileen comes to his aid and the lovers are reunited.

Cast

Production

The film was not widely screened and is not one of Longford's better known movies.[2]

Reception

One contemporary critic said the film " has many exciting and sensational scenes, relieved with pure Australian comedy to hold the audience. The photography is very true."[3]

Raymond Longford's name was used extensively in advertising.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
  2. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 46
  3. ↑ "MOVING PICTURES.". The Referee (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 19 November 1913. p. 15. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Advertising.". The Leader (Orange, NSW: National Library of Australia). 6 February 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

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