Won on the Post

Won on the Post
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
Based onstory by Nat Gould[1][2]
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont[3]
Release date
  • 1 June 1912 (1912-06-01)
Running time
2,600 feet[4]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Won on the Post is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe set against a backdrop of horseracing.[5]

It is considered a lost film.[6]

Plot

Two brothers love the same girl, but she loves the younger brother. He falls in with some gamblers and to pay them back arranges to nobble his father's race horse. The younger brother falls in love with a bar maid, who overhears a plot to rob him – she is caught but escapes and warns her love. The younger brother fights the robbers and is wounded but recovers to marry the barmaid. The elder brother is reunited with his former sweetheart.[7]

Production

The film was shot in and around Sydney including at Randwick Racecourse. There were also scenes filmed in the bush.[8]

Reception

The racing scene at Randwick was especially praised.[9]

One reviewer wrote that the film "began well, with excellent pictures of sporting Randwick, but when it got up the country it became somewhat absurd."[10]

References

  1. ^ "BIJOU PICTURES". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. NSW. 2 July 1912. p. 2 Edition: EVENING. Retrieved 31 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "THE FEDERAL CAPITAL". The Riverine Grazier. Hay, NSW. 9 July 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 31 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Advertising". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. Sydney. 15 June 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Advertising". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. Sydney. 25 May 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – 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. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 35
  7. ^ "HERBERT'S PICTURES". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 8 August 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 10 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 15 May 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 14 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "ENTERTAINMENTS". Geelong Advertiser. Vic. 5 June 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 31 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "GORDON'S PICTURES". South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus. NSW. 14 June 1912. p. 13. Retrieved 31 March 2015 – via National Library of Australia.


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