Call of the Bush
| Call of the Bush | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Charles Woods |
Production company |
The Gaumont Agency |
Release dates |
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Running time | 2,000 feet[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
Call of the Bush is a 1912 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film.[2]
Plot
The film was billed as "a story of the Australian bush, based on the incidents of the easy miner settlements."[3] It was divided into the following chapters:
- the squatter's son
- a welcome home
- the shepherd's daughter
- Bosun, the dog hero
- attacked by blacks
- the last cartridge
- a foul revenge
- wrongly accused
- a sundowner to the rescue
- great court scene.[4]
Production
This was the first film made in Australian by the Gaumont Company.[5]
References
- ↑ "Williamstown Theatre.". Williamstown Chronicle (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 4 January 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 37
- ↑ "AMERICAN THEATRE.". The Sydney Morning Herald (National Library of Australia). 16 December 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ↑ "Advertising.". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 21 December 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
- ↑ "NAPIER ST. PICTURE GARDENS.". The Independent (Footscray, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 22 February 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 14 April 2012.