The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush

Moira, or The Mystery of the Bush
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villers
CinematographyA. O. Segerberg
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont Company[2]
Release date
  • 9 September 1912 (1912-09-09)[1]
Running time
3,000 feet[3]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Moira, or The Mystery of the Bush is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe.[4]

It is considered a lost film.[5]

It may also be known as Call of the Bush.[6]

Charles Woods appeared as a lecturer accompanying the film.[7]

Plot

Some aboriginals steal a child in rural Australia. Fifteen years later the father of the girl discovers her although he does not know who she is at first. Eventually the two are reunited.[8]

Chapter headings:[9]

  • blacks attack the camp
  • murder
  • kidnapped
  • given up for dead
  • beautiful white girl in the bush
  • escape in the canoe
  • Moira at the mining camp
  • Ralph's return to Sydney
  • meets with accident at Darling Point Road
  • father and reunited

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 4 September 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 14 August 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. ^ "WORLD-IN-MOTION". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 7 December 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  4. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 35
  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. ^ "CENTRAL PICTURES". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 December 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2015.
  7. ^ "Advertising". The Sun. No. 494. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 5 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 December 1912. p. 13. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  9. ^ "Advertising". The Sun. No. 494. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 31 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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