Do Men Love Women?

Do Men Love Women?
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villiers
Production
company
Release date
  • 11 January 1912 (1912-01-11)[1]
Running time
3,500 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Do Men Love Women? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about an alcoholic who reforms through the love of a good woman. The finale featured a railway collision.[3][4]

It is a lost film.[5]

Plot

Chapter headings for the film were:

  • the dinner party
  • the first sign of the inebriate
  • the success of the young novelist
  • a patient wife
  • heartbroken
  • the drunkard's action
  • the curse of drink
  • the love of a woman
  • cured
  • the nurses' intrigue
  • this is our child
  • repentance
  • the great railway smash
  • men do love women.[6]

Cast

  • Charles Villiers

Production

The film was shot in Sydney.[7]

Reception

The film seems to have been widely distributed, with the railway collision prominently advertised. Reviews were generally strong.[8][9] It was described as a "modern East Lynne".[10]

Charles Villiers, who appeared in the cast, would accompany screenings of the film as a lecturer.[11]

References

  1. ^ "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. NSW. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 31
  4. ^ "Advertising". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. NSW. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  6. ^ "Advertising". Williamstown Chronicle. Vic. 17 February 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "ALLMAN'S PICTURES". Warwick Examiner and Times. Qld. 12 February 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "THE Traralgon Record,". Traralgon Record. Traralgon, Vic. 16 February 1912. p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved 26 March 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Advertising". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 9 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 10 January 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "The Daily Leader AND STOCK AND STATION NEWS". The Leader. Orange, NSW. 25 January 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
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