Breaking the News

Breaking the News

Original painting
Directed by W. J. Lincoln
Produced by William Gibson
Millard Johnson
John Tait
Nevin Tait
Written by W. J. Lincoln
Based on the painting by Sir John Longstaff
Starring Harrie Ireland
Arthur Styan
Cinematography Orrie Perry
Production
company
Release dates
 16 March 1912 (Melbourne)[1]
Running time
 3,500 feet
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Breaking the News is a 1912 melodrama Australian film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on John Longstaff's 1887 painting of the same name.[2]

It is considered a lost film.

Plot

A prospector looks for a wife to live with him and eventually gets married. While he is in town, the mine floods and miners need to be rescued. The main scenes were:

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Diamond Creek, near Melbourne.[5]

Reception

The movie was a popular success with critics drawing particular attention to a scene of an underground mine being flooded.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 214
  2. ↑ "ACADEMY OF MUSIC.". The Examiner (Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 29 May 1912. p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Advertising.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 5 June 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "GRAND EMPIRE THEATRE.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia). 7 June 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p32
  6. ↑ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press, 1989, p42

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