A. O. Segerberg

	A. O. Segerberg Albert Oscar Segerberg (1881—13 July 1941) was an Australian cameraman. He began shooting films as early as 1896, and later worked as a cameraman for Pathé Frères, the Australian Photo-Play Company and the Fraser brothers. He shot large numbers of newsreels, and industrial and educational documentaries, including his own series, ''Australia at Work''.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 32 Segerberg claimed to have taken the first moving pictures in Australia at the 1896 Melbourne Cup and shown it in the Opera House, Melbourne. Selected filmography ''Cooee and the Echo'' (1912) ''Whose Was the Hand?'' (1912) ''The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush'' (1912) '' The Rebel'' (1915) '' The Mutiny of the Bounty'' (1916) ''The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show'' (1917) ''The Hayseeds Come to Sydney'' (1917) ''The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup'' (1918) ''A Romance of Burke and Wills Exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pathé Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French people, French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major producer of phonograph records. In 1908, Pathé invented the newsreel that was shown in cinemas before a feature film. Pathé is a major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont and television networks across Europe. It is the second-oldest operating film company behind Gaumont Film Company, which was established in 1895. History The company was founded as Société Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers Company) in Paris, France on 28 September 1896, by the four brothers Charles Pathé, Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé. During the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Mutiny Of The Bounty ''The Mutiny of the Bounty'' is a 1916 Australian-New Zealand silent film directed by Raymond Longford about the mutiny aboard . It is the first known cinematic dramatisation of this story and is considered a lost film. Longford claimed it was the first Australian film to shoot scenes at sea. Plot The story deals with the mutiny on on 28 April 1789, Captain Bligh's journey back to England, the recapture of the mutineers on Tahiti and subsequent fate of the other mutineers on Pitcairn Island. The story was structured in five acts. Cast George Cross as Captain Bligh John Storm as King George III D.L. Dalziel as Sir Joseph Banks Wilton Power as Fletcher Christian Reginald Collins as Midshipman Heywood Ernesto Crosetto as Midshipman Hallett Harry Beaumont as Mr Samuels Charles Villiers as Burkett Meta Taupopoki as Otoo Mere Amohau as Mere Ida Guildford as Mrs Heywood Lottie Lyell as Nessy Heywood Production Filming took place in Rotorua, Norfolk Island and Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Cinematographers Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia European Australians Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	National Film And Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	A Romance Of Burke And Wills Expedition Of 1860 ''A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860'' is a 1918 Australian silent film. The plot is fictional and is loosely based around the Burke and Wills expedition. Plot Robert O'Hara Burke leads an expedition from Melbourne to the north of Australia, including William John Wills, John King, Gray, Dandells and Brahe. Although he reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria along with Wills and King when they return to their base at Cooper Creek they discover their comrades have left without them. Burke and Wills both die but King is rescued by aborigines and survives. A fictitious romance was added to the story. Chapter headings included: a love romance a minuet of 1857 expedition leaves Melbourne scenes along the route customs and habits of natives gorgeous desert sunsets historic landmarks there is no death. Cast Charles Clarke as Robert O'Hara Burke George Patterson as William John Wills Chris Olsen as John King G. Gould as W. Grey Bias Kotes as William Brahe David Edel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup ''The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup'' is a 1918 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. It was the fourth in his series about the rural family, the Hayseeds, and centers on Dad Hayseed entering his horse in the Melbourne Cup. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis Dad Hayseed buys a horse for £20 called Cornstalk and it starts winning so many local races he decides to enter it in the Melbourne Cup. He is accompanied by his son Jim (the trainer), cousin Harold (jockey) and Mum Hayseed. Jim falls in love with an actress, and Mum has a nightmare about washing steps of Parliament House. On the race day, Mum boils a billy at Flemington and Cornstalk wins the race despite the efforts of a crooked bookmaker. Cast * Fred MacDonald as Jim Hayseed Tal Ordell as Dad Hayseed Harry McDonna as Cousin Harold Gladys Leigh as Mrs Hayseed Guy Hastings Ethel Grist Mattie Ive Jessie Dale Driscoll Production Each of the first four Hayseeds movies had been filmed in a different stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Hayseeds Come To Sydney ''The Hayseeds Come to Sydney'' (also known as ''The Hayseeds Come to Town'') is a 1917 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. The second in the Hayseeds series of movies, is considered a lost film. Synopsis In Stoney Creek, Dad Hayseed (Tal Ordell) wins £5,000 in the lottery and decides to take his family to Sydney. The group includes him, Mum, Sam, Jim ( Fred MacDonald), Poppy, Molly, Bubs, Peter, Peter and Cousin Harold. They visit shops, theatres, the gardens, Town Hall, Taronga Zoo and White City. Someone tells them to walk in the middle of the road so none of the footpads that are supposed to wait around the corners could sandbag them. Dad goes surfing at Manly Beach and needs to be rescued. The family meet Norah, a country girl who has gone to work at a low-class Woolloomooloo pub. Dad rescues Norah from the hands of some bad characters. Later on, Dad is enticed to the pub buy two spielers on the pretense that Norah needs him, and is drugged. Norah discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show ''The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show'' is a 1917 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. It was the third in his series about the rural family, the Hayseeds. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis Dad Hayseed and his friends from Stoney Creek, including Dad Duggan, Cousin Harold, Sam, Tom, Poppy, Molly, Peter, Hopkins and M'Arthur, decide to hold an agricultural show. They go to Brisbane to ask the Governor of Queensland to open it and he agrees. They form a brass band to play, and the show is a great success. Cast * Fred MacDonald as Jim Hayseed Tal Ordell as Dad Hayseed Harry McDonna as Cousin Harold Agnes Dobson Collet Dobson Production Like the first two Hayseed movies, Beaumont Smith used local appeal to make them attractive to audiences. This one was shot around Brisbane.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 73. It was followed by ''The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Rebel (1915 Film) ''The Rebel'' is a 1915 Australian silent film starring Allen Doone. It is considered a lost film. Plot The Irish rebel leader Jack Blake is arrested and thrown into gaol by the vindictive Englishman Captain Armstrong. Jack's girlfriend, Eileen, helps him escape and he kills Armstrong in a duel. Jack and Eileen flee to France. Cast Allen Doone as Jack Blake Edna Keeley as Eileen McDermott Frank Cullinane as Squire McDermott Onslow Edgeworth as Captain Armstrong Percy Kehoe as Father Kelly Production This film was based on a stage show which had been performed on stage since November 1913 by Allen Doone. Raymond Longford claimed he was meant to direct the film but that Australasian Films would not let the producers rent out their Rushcutters Bay Studio with Longford attached; he was replaced by American John Matthews.Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 36 It was shot in and around Sydney over six weeks from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Photo-Play Company The Australian Photo-Play Company was a short-lived but highly productive Australian film production company which operated from 1911 to 1912. Establishment Stanley Crick, who was Pathe Freres manager in Australia, and Herbert Finlay had enjoyed success producing a series of Australian films directed by John Gavin. They decided to establish the Australian Photo-Play Company in June 1911 under the management of Crick with capital of £20,000. (Gavin later claimed it was his idea to form the company.) It was stated in the initial prospectus the aim of the company was to purchase Crick and Finlay's film manufacturing business. The initial directors of the company Philip Lytton, Stanley Crick, Dr Sherlock Mason, Arthur Upjohn, and Douglas Selkirk. The company decided to erect two studios for film production – "one capable of producing large spectacular productions, and another smaller interior productions." A studio was built in Summer Hill in Sydney. The company secured the ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Moira, Or Mystery Of The Bush ''Moira, or The Mystery of the Bush'' is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe (director), Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film. It may also be known as ''Call of the Bush''. Charles Woods appeared as a lecturer accompanying the film. 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. Cast Charles Villiers (actor), Charles Villiers References External links ''The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush''at AustLit''Moira, or Mystery of the Bush'' at Ausstage Australian black-and-white films Australian silent feature films Lost Australian films Films directed by Alfred Rolfe 1912 films Films about Aboriginal Australians {{Australia-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Whose Was The Hand? ''Whose Was the Hand?'' is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film. Plot A young man is heavily in debt and decides to get out of it by robbing his uncle. He does this with a criminal accomplice. During the course of the robbery, the uncle enters and fights with the nephew. The nephew kills his uncle and wipes his blood stained hands on the panel of the door. The uncle's secretary is first on the scene and is arrested. However fingerprints of the blood stained hands do not match. Detective Sharp investigates further, leading him to the nephew, whose finger prints do match. The film ends with the rescue of the murdered man's daughter from a burning building, and the arrest of the murderer's accomplices. An important scene involves a burning building where a lady is rescued. The chapter headings were: the ne'er-d-well the forgery the attempted robbery the murder mystery the hand on the wall wrongly accused a clue, a confession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	A. O. Segerberg Albert Oscar Segerberg (1881—13 July 1941) was an Australian cameraman. He began shooting films as early as 1896, and later worked as a cameraman for Pathé Frères, the Australian Photo-Play Company and the Fraser brothers. He shot large numbers of newsreels, and industrial and educational documentaries, including his own series, ''Australia at Work''.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 32 Segerberg claimed to have taken the first moving pictures in Australia at the 1896 Melbourne Cup and shown it in the Opera House, Melbourne. Selected filmography ''Cooee and the Echo'' (1912) ''Whose Was the Hand?'' (1912) ''The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush'' (1912) '' The Rebel'' (1915) '' The Mutiny of the Bounty'' (1916) ''The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show'' (1917) ''The Hayseeds Come to Sydney'' (1917) ''The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup'' (1918) ''A Romance of Burke and Wills Exp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Pathé Pathé or Pathé Frères (, styled as PATHÉ!) is the name of various French people, French businesses that were founded and originally run by the Pathé Brothers of France starting in 1896. In the early 1900s, Pathé became the world's largest film equipment and production company, as well as a major producer of phonograph records. In 1908, Pathé invented the newsreel that was shown in cinemas before a feature film. Pathé is a major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Les Cinémas Pathé Gaumont and television networks across Europe. It is the second-oldest operating film company behind Gaumont Film Company, which was established in 1895. History The company was founded as Société Pathé Frères (Pathé Brothers Company) in Paris, France on 28 September 1896, by the four brothers Charles Pathé, Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé. During the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Mutiny Of The Bounty ''The Mutiny of the Bounty'' is a 1916 Australian-New Zealand silent film directed by Raymond Longford about the mutiny aboard . It is the first known cinematic dramatisation of this story and is considered a lost film. Longford claimed it was the first Australian film to shoot scenes at sea. Plot The story deals with the mutiny on on 28 April 1789, Captain Bligh's journey back to England, the recapture of the mutineers on Tahiti and subsequent fate of the other mutineers on Pitcairn Island. The story was structured in five acts. Cast George Cross as Captain Bligh John Storm as King George III D.L. Dalziel as Sir Joseph Banks Wilton Power as Fletcher Christian Reginald Collins as Midshipman Heywood Ernesto Crosetto as Midshipman Hallett Harry Beaumont as Mr Samuels Charles Villiers as Burkett Meta Taupopoki as Otoo Mere Amohau as Mere Ida Guildford as Mrs Heywood Lottie Lyell as Nessy Heywood Production Filming took place in Rotorua, Norfolk Island and Sydney ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Cinematographers Australian(s) may refer to: Australia * Australia, a country * Australians, citizens of the Commonwealth of Australia European Australians Anglo-Celtic Australians, Australians descended principally from British colonists ** Aboriginal Australians, indigenous peoples of Australia as identified and defined within Australian law * Australia (continent) ** Indigenous Australians * Australian English, the dialect of the English language spoken in Australia * Australian Aboriginal languages * ''The Australian'', a newspaper * Australiana, things of Australian origins Other uses * Australian (horse), a racehorse * Australian, British Columbia, an unincorporated community in Canada See also * The Australian (other) * Australia (other) * * * Austrian (other) Austrian may refer to: * Austrians, someone from Austria or of Austrian descent ** Someone who is considered an Austrian citizen, see Austrian nationality law * Austrian German dialect * Someth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	National Film And Sound Archive The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	A Romance Of Burke And Wills Expedition Of 1860 ''A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860'' is a 1918 Australian silent film. The plot is fictional and is loosely based around the Burke and Wills expedition. Plot Robert O'Hara Burke leads an expedition from Melbourne to the north of Australia, including William John Wills, John King, Gray, Dandells and Brahe. Although he reaches the Gulf of Carpentaria along with Wills and King when they return to their base at Cooper Creek they discover their comrades have left without them. Burke and Wills both die but King is rescued by aborigines and survives. A fictitious romance was added to the story. Chapter headings included: a love romance a minuet of 1857 expedition leaves Melbourne scenes along the route customs and habits of natives gorgeous desert sunsets historic landmarks there is no death. Cast Charles Clarke as Robert O'Hara Burke George Patterson as William John Wills Chris Olsen as John King G. Gould as W. Grey Bias Kotes as William Brahe David Edel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup ''The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup'' is a 1918 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. It was the fourth in his series about the rural family, the Hayseeds, and centers on Dad Hayseed entering his horse in the Melbourne Cup. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis Dad Hayseed buys a horse for £20 called Cornstalk and it starts winning so many local races he decides to enter it in the Melbourne Cup. He is accompanied by his son Jim (the trainer), cousin Harold (jockey) and Mum Hayseed. Jim falls in love with an actress, and Mum has a nightmare about washing steps of Parliament House. On the race day, Mum boils a billy at Flemington and Cornstalk wins the race despite the efforts of a crooked bookmaker. Cast * Fred MacDonald as Jim Hayseed Tal Ordell as Dad Hayseed Harry McDonna as Cousin Harold Gladys Leigh as Mrs Hayseed Guy Hastings Ethel Grist Mattie Ive Jessie Dale Driscoll Production Each of the first four Hayseeds movies had been filmed in a different stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Hayseeds Come To Sydney ''The Hayseeds Come to Sydney'' (also known as ''The Hayseeds Come to Town'') is a 1917 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. The second in the Hayseeds series of movies, is considered a lost film. Synopsis In Stoney Creek, Dad Hayseed (Tal Ordell) wins £5,000 in the lottery and decides to take his family to Sydney. The group includes him, Mum, Sam, Jim ( Fred MacDonald), Poppy, Molly, Bubs, Peter, Peter and Cousin Harold. They visit shops, theatres, the gardens, Town Hall, Taronga Zoo and White City. Someone tells them to walk in the middle of the road so none of the footpads that are supposed to wait around the corners could sandbag them. Dad goes surfing at Manly Beach and needs to be rescued. The family meet Norah, a country girl who has gone to work at a low-class Woolloomooloo pub. Dad rescues Norah from the hands of some bad characters. Later on, Dad is enticed to the pub buy two spielers on the pretense that Norah needs him, and is drugged. Norah discover ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show ''The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show'' is a 1917 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. It was the third in his series about the rural family, the Hayseeds. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis Dad Hayseed and his friends from Stoney Creek, including Dad Duggan, Cousin Harold, Sam, Tom, Poppy, Molly, Peter, Hopkins and M'Arthur, decide to hold an agricultural show. They go to Brisbane to ask the Governor of Queensland to open it and he agrees. They form a brass band to play, and the show is a great success. Cast * Fred MacDonald as Jim Hayseed Tal Ordell as Dad Hayseed Harry McDonna as Cousin Harold Agnes Dobson Collet Dobson Production Like the first two Hayseed movies, Beaumont Smith used local appeal to make them attractive to audiences. This one was shot around Brisbane.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 73. It was followed by ''The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Rebel (1915 Film) ''The Rebel'' is a 1915 Australian silent film starring Allen Doone. It is considered a lost film. Plot The Irish rebel leader Jack Blake is arrested and thrown into gaol by the vindictive Englishman Captain Armstrong. Jack's girlfriend, Eileen, helps him escape and he kills Armstrong in a duel. Jack and Eileen flee to France. Cast Allen Doone as Jack Blake Edna Keeley as Eileen McDermott Frank Cullinane as Squire McDermott Onslow Edgeworth as Captain Armstrong Percy Kehoe as Father Kelly Production This film was based on a stage show which had been performed on stage since November 1913 by Allen Doone. Raymond Longford claimed he was meant to direct the film but that Australasian Films would not let the producers rent out their Rushcutters Bay Studio with Longford attached; he was replaced by American John Matthews.Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 36 It was shot in and around Sydney over six weeks from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australian Photo-Play Company The Australian Photo-Play Company was a short-lived but highly productive Australian film production company which operated from 1911 to 1912. Establishment Stanley Crick, who was Pathe Freres manager in Australia, and Herbert Finlay had enjoyed success producing a series of Australian films directed by John Gavin. They decided to establish the Australian Photo-Play Company in June 1911 under the management of Crick with capital of £20,000. (Gavin later claimed it was his idea to form the company.) It was stated in the initial prospectus the aim of the company was to purchase Crick and Finlay's film manufacturing business. The initial directors of the company Philip Lytton, Stanley Crick, Dr Sherlock Mason, Arthur Upjohn, and Douglas Selkirk. The company decided to erect two studios for film production – "one capable of producing large spectacular productions, and another smaller interior productions." A studio was built in Summer Hill in Sydney. The company secured the ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Moira, Or Mystery Of The Bush ''Moira, or The Mystery of the Bush'' is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe (director), Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film. It may also be known as ''Call of the Bush''. Charles Woods appeared as a lecturer accompanying the film. 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. Cast Charles Villiers (actor), Charles Villiers References External links ''The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush''at AustLit''Moira, or Mystery of the Bush'' at Ausstage Australian black-and-white films Australian silent feature films Lost Australian films Films directed by Alfred Rolfe 1912 films Films about Aboriginal Australians {{Australia-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Whose Was The Hand? ''Whose Was the Hand?'' is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film. Plot A young man is heavily in debt and decides to get out of it by robbing his uncle. He does this with a criminal accomplice. During the course of the robbery, the uncle enters and fights with the nephew. The nephew kills his uncle and wipes his blood stained hands on the panel of the door. The uncle's secretary is first on the scene and is arrested. However fingerprints of the blood stained hands do not match. Detective Sharp investigates further, leading him to the nephew, whose finger prints do match. The film ends with the rescue of the murdered man's daughter from a burning building, and the arrest of the murderer's accomplices. An important scene involves a burning building where a lady is rescued. The chapter headings were: the ne'er-d-well the forgery the attempted robbery the murder mystery the hand on the wall wrongly accused a clue, a confession ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]