After Sundown (1911 film)

After Sundown
Directed byW. J. Lincoln
Written byW. J. Lincoln
Based onone act play by W.J. Lincoln
Produced byWilliam Gibson
Millard Johnson
John Tait
Nevin Tait
StarringGodfrey Cass
CinematographyOrrie Perry
Production
company
Release date
  • 1911 (1911)
Running time
60 minutes (est.)
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget£600-£700[1]

After Sundown is a 1911 Australian film directed by W. J. Lincoln set in the Australian bush.[2][3]

According to Lincoln's obituary in The Bulletin it was one of Lincoln's best films.[2]

Only six minutes of the film survive today.[4]

Plot

Two men, Gilbert Baxter and Western Moore, fight over the same woman, Betty, who lives with her uncle, Angus McDougall. The villain taunts the hero with the fact he has won her, until an old man appears and shoots the villain dead. It turns out the old man was the father of a girl "ruined" by the villain.[5]

Cast

  • Leslie Woods as Gilbert Baxter
  • Godfrey Cass as Western Moore
  • Nellie Bramdley[6]

Production

The film was based on a one-act 1896 play by W.J. Lincoln.[7] According to a press account the aim was to "realise the ideal of a bush story which shall be true to actual life in Australia, sweet and natural in its atmosphere, dealing with type of chnracter which are to be found in the wayback country."[3]

It was a film from Amalgamated Pictures and was shot in September 1911 at their studios in St Kilda as well as on location at Healesville, outside Melbourne, and Coranderrk Mission Station.[5][3]

Reception

The film was never released.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ Ina Betrand, 'The Mystery of the Missing Director', Film History Vol. 12, No. 2, Moving Image Archives: Past and Future (2000), pp. 215–225
  2. ^ a b "AT POVERTY POINT". The Bulletin. 6 September 1917.
  3. ^ a b c "MOTION PHOTOGRAPHY". The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 2 September 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ^ After Sundown at National Film and Sound Archive
  5. ^ a b "TAKING MOVING PICTURES IN HEALESVILLE". Healesville and Yarra Glen Guardian. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 1 September 1911. p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
  6. ^ "WAHNEETAH". The Prahran Telegraph. Vol. 50, no. 2643. Victoria, Australia. 15 June 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 21 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "CONCERTS, &c". The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 13 June 1896. p. 39. Retrieved 2 July 2015.
  8. ^ "MUSIC AND DRAMA". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 4 September 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  9. ^ "IN THE BARBER'S SHOP". Prahran Telegraph. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 1 September 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 26 October 2014.


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