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Cyril Mackay
Cyril Mackay (1890-12 July 1923) was an Australian-English actor. He was well known for his theatre appearances, and for playing the lead in '' The Man from Snowy River''. While in Australia, he worked for every major theatre management in the country. He was one of the most acclaimed actors of his day. Mackay had retired after suffering a nervous breakdown. He came out of retirement to play the role in ''The Man from Snowy River''. In September 1920, a benefit was held for him to recover from "a long and gruelling illness". Mackay died in 1923 of a heart attack following influenza, leaving behind a widow and three children. Stage credits *''The Barrier'' *''Mr Wu'' *''Queen of the White Slaves'' (1913) *''Death or Glory Boys'' (1916) *''Scandal'' (1921) *''The Usual Three'' (1921) - Australian play by Alex Somerville Films *''The Strangler's Grip'' (1912) *''The Mystery of the Black Pearl'' (1912) *'' The Eleventh Hour'' (1912) *'' A Silent Witness'' (1912) *''Within Our Gates' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man From Snowy River (1920 Film)
''The Man from Snowy River'' is a 1920 film made in Australia. The film was silent and filmed in black and white, and was based on the Banjo Paterson The Man from Snowy River (poem), poem of the same name. It is considered a lost film. Plot A country boy, Jim Conroy, is living a dissolute life in the city, running around with Femme fatale, vamp Helen Ross. When his father cuts him off, he is dumped by Helen and returns to the bush. Jim works for a corrupt Squatting (Australian history), squatter, Stingey Smith, and falls in love with Kitty Carewe, daughter of John Carewe, the squatter next door. John is impressed with Jim's skill with a horse and invites him to train his finest horse, "Swagman", hoping to win enough prize money to save his farm. A jealous farm hand plots with Smith to fix the race so that the latter can take over the Carewe farm, letting "Swagman" go and run with the Brumby, brumbies. However Jim rescues the horse and rides it to victory. Smith frames Jim fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Silent Witness
''A Silent Witness'' is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... It was a drama set in Sydney with Cyril Mackay as the hero. Barrett later claimed this detective drama was the first production in which he had a "free hand".Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35 Cast *Cyril Mackay *Irby Marshall *Charles Lawrence *Sydney Stirling *Leonard Willey *George Bryant *Loris Brown References External links * 1912 films Australian drama short films Australian silent short films Australian black-and-white films 1912 drama films Lost Australian films 1912 lost films Lost drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1890 Births
Year 189 ( CLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Silanus and Silanus (or, less frequently, year 942 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 189 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Plague (possibly smallpox) kills as many as 2,000 people per day in Rome. Farmers are unable to harvest their crops, and food shortages bring riots in the city. China * Liu Bian succeeds Emperor Ling, as Chinese emperor of the Han Dynasty. * Dong Zhuo has Liu Bian deposed, and installs Emperor Xian as emperor. * Two thousand eunuchs in the palace are slaughtered in a violent purge in Luoyang, the capital of Han. By topic Arts and sciences * Galen publishes his ''"Treatise on the various temperaments"'' (aka ''O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IMDB
IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews. IMDb began as a fan-operated movie database on the Usenet group "rec.arts.movies" in 1990, and moved to the Web in 1993. It is now owned and operated by IMDb.com, Inc., a subsidiary of Amazon. the database contained some million titles (including television episodes) and million person records. Additionally, the site had 83 million registered users. The site's message boards were disabled in February 2017. Features The title and talent ''pages'' of IMDb are accessible to all users, but only registered and logged-in users can submit new material and suggest edits to existing entries. Most of the site's data has been provided by these volunteers. Registered users with a prov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Betrayer
''The Betrayer'' is a 1921 Australian-New Zealand lost film from director Beaumont Smith about an interracial romance between a white Australian man and a Māori girl. Plot Australian Stephen Manners (Cyril Mackay) travels to New Zealand and has sex with a Māori girl. He goes home and she dies giving birth to their daughter, Iwa. Iwa is raised by her grandfather Hauraki (Mita), who explains to Manners what happens when he returns to New Zealand twenty years later. Manners takes Iwa (now played by Stella Southern) back to Sydney, Australia, but does not tell her that he is her father. Travelling with Manners is John Barris (John Cosgrove), whom Hauraki tells on his deathbed that Iwa's real father actually is a missionary, not Manners. Barris keeps this information to himself and makes advances on Iwa, which are stopped by Manners. Iwa tells Manners she is in love with him, so Manner explains he is her father and she returns to Rotarua. Barris' wife (Bernice Vere) tells Manners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kelly Gang
''The Kelly Gang'' is an Australian feature-length film about the Australian bush ranger, Ned Kelly. The film was released in 1920, and is the second film to be based on the life of Ned Kelly, the first being ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', released in 1906.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 96. Cast * Godfrey Cass as Ned Kelly * Victor Upton-Brown as Dan Kelly * Horace Crawford as Joe Byrne * Jack McGowan as Steve Hart * Robert Inman as Aaron Sherritt * Thomas Sinclair as Sergeant Kennedy * Harry Southwell as Sergeant Steele * Cyril Mackay as Constable McIntyre * Adele Inman as Kate Kelly * Maud Appleton as Mrs Kelly * Frank Tomlin as Constable Scanlon Adele and Maud were daughters of actor F. C. Appleton. Robert Inman was married to Adele. Production Filming took place in late 1919 in a temporary studio in the Melbourne suburb of Coburg with additional scenes shot o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remorse, A Story Of The Red Plague
''Remorse, a Story of the Red Plague'' is a 1917 Australian silent film about a naive country boy who visits the big city and contracts syphilis. The movie is now considered a lost film.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 67 Plot Jack Rundle (Cyril Mackay) works on a station and falls in love with his father's ward, Nellie Fallon (Mabel Dyson). When he goes to the city on business he falls into bad company, contracts syphilis and returns home to find himself an outcast. Years later he finds his brother Ted has married Nellie. He then kills himself. Production The film was shot in Adelaide, using pupils from Mathews' acting school. Release There was some doubt over whether the movie would be released. But the South Australian censor passed it because they regarded it as having a moral message, although children under sixteen were not admitted. Public response was very strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Within Our Gates (1915 Film)
''Within Our Gates'', also known as ''Deeds that Won Gallipoli'', is a 1915 Australian silent film about Australia's fight with the German Empire and the Ottoman Empire during World War I, including the landing at Gaba Tepe during the Gallipoli campaign. The story was partly based on a play '' The Man Who Stayed at Home''. It is considered a lost film. Plot Max Huitzell (Leslie Victor), a German-American clerk in the War Office, is being blackmailed by a German spy (Norman Easty), transmitting information by wireless from his attic. The spy's adopted daughter Freda (Dorothy Cumming) falls in love with Edgar (Cyril Mackay), the son of the War Minister (John Ralston), and exposes her stepfather. Max and Edgar both enlist and meet in the Gallipoli campaign, where Max gives his life to save Edgar. Cast *Cyril Mackay as Edgar Ferguson *Leslie Victor as Max Huitzell * Frank Harvey as Carl Heine *Norman Estey as Heinrich Henschell *John Ralston as Andrew Ferguson *Dorothy Cummings as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Eleventh Hour (1912 Film)
''The Eleventh Hour'' is a 1912 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... Plot The script is based on a play "showing the adventures and vicissitudes in the life of a Girl Telegraphist". The action consisted of four acts: *Act 1 – 'Pangs of Jealousy' *Act 2 – 'Bad Blood' *Act 3 – 'The Distress Call' *Act 4 – 'The Eleventh Hour' Cast *Cyril Mackay *Sidney Stirling *Leonard Willey *Charles Lawrence *Loris Brown *Irby Marshall Release The film was shot in Sydney and released in that city in 1912. It screened in London in September 1913 under the title Saved by Telegram. The critic from ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' said that "the story is a thrilling one, whilst the cinematographic work of Mr. Franklyn Barrett, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sunday Times (Sydney)
''The Sunday Times'' was a newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 1885 to 1930. History ''The Sunday Times'' was founded by W. H. Leighton Bailey. It was first published on 15 November 1885 by Charles Mark Curtiss, and ceased with no. 2389 on 1 June 1930. ''The Sunday Times'' was controlled by the Evans family for over 30 years, until 1916 when the Sunday Times Newspaper Company, as well as the company's premises, were sold to Hugh D. McIntosh. In 1927, McIntosh sold his holdings in the Sunday Times Newspaper Company to Beckett's Newspapers, with J. H. C. Sleeman as Managing Director. ''The Sunday Times'' ceased publication in 1930, with staff informed on 8 June. The Sunday Times Newspaper Company also published '' The Referee'' from 1887, and later the ''Arrow''. Digitisation This paper has been digitised as part of the Australian Newspapers Digitisation Program project of the National Library of Australia. See also * List of newspapers in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mystery Of The Black Pearl
''The Mystery of the Black Pearl'' is a 1912 Australian silent film. A detective drama, It is now considered a lost film A lost film is a feature or short film that no longer exists in any studio archive, private collection, public archive or the U.S. Library of Congress. Conditions During most of the 20th century, U.S. copyright law required at least one copy o .... Cast *Cyril Mackay as Dick Weston *Sydney Stirling as Dudley Segrave *Leonard Willey as Sam Grimm *Charles Lawrence *Joseph Brennan *Irby Marshall References External links * 1912 films Silent Australian drama films Australian black-and-white films Lost Australian films 1912 drama films 1912 lost films Lost drama films Films directed by Franklyn Barrett {{Australia-silent-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Strangler's Grip
''The Strangler's Grip'' is a 1912 Australian silent film shot by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film. Plot The movie featured a "furious motor ride in the night" Cast *Sidney Stirling as Squatter John Dalton *Cyril Mackay as his friend Frank Wood *Leonard Willey as Mike Logan, the tramp *Chas Laurence as Old Simon, John's Butler *Master Willey as Bill Dalton, John's Son *Irby Marshall as Maurice Dalton, John's wife Production It is likely that the film was directed jointly by the three lead actors, Sydney Stirling, Cyril Mackay and Leonard Willey. It was the first of four movies they made for West's Pictures in 1912. Cyril Mackay (d. 1923) was a London stage actor brought out to Australian by J.C. Williamson in 1906.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 31 Reception The film was described as being a "splendid draw" with the public. It was likely the first thrill ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
