1920 Australian film
| The Hordern Mystery |
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| Directed by | Harry Southwell |
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| Written by | M.F. Gatwood |
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| Based on | novel by Edmund Finn |
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| Produced by | Harry Southwell |
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| Starring | Claude Turton
Flo Little |
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| Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
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Production
company | Southwell Screen Plays |
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Release date |
- 23 October 1920 (1920-10-23)[1]
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Running time | 5,600 feet |
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| Country | Australia |
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| Languages | Silent film
English intertitles |
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The Hordern Mystery is a 1920 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell based on an 1889 novel by Edmund Finn (son of Edmund Finn). Unlike many Australian silent films, it still survives today.
Plot
Money-hungry Gilbert Hordern is married to an adoring wife and has a child. He pretends to be his own evil twin brother so he can marry a millionaire's daughter. He succeeds but is wracked with guilt and confesses. He wakes up and realises it was all a dream.
Cast
- Claude Turton as Gilbert Hordern
- Flo Little as Midge Hordern
- Floris St George as Laura Yellaboyce
- Godfrey Cass as Dan Yellaboyce
- Thomas Sinclair as Peter Mull
- Beatrice Hamilton as Mrs Mull
- David Edelsten
Production
The film was shot in suburban Sydney in mid 1920 under the title The Golden Flame. Commercial reception appears to have been poor.[2]
References
- ^ "Filmography", Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p175
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 102.
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