The Swagman's Story

The Swagman's Story
Directed by Raymond Longford
Written by Violet Pettengel[1]
Starring Lottie Lyell
Cinematography Tasman Higgins
Production
company
Commonwealth Film Producing Company
Distributed by Fraser Film Company
Release dates
2 March 1914[2]
Running time
2,000 feet
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

The Swagman's Story is a short film directed by Raymond Longford. Although considered a lost film is likely that it was a low-budget support feature.[3]

Plot

A 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 got married to a "swell city cove" and she became 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 drink and becomes a swagman.[4]

Cast

References

  1. "MOVING PICTURES.". The Referee (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 15 April 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
  3. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 46
  4. "PRINCESS COURT THEATRE.". The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 13 November 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2012.

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