Franklyn Barrett

	Franklyn Barrett Walter Franklyn Barrett (1873 – 16 July 1964), better known as Franklyn Barrett, was an Australian film director and cinematographer. He worked for a number of years for West's Pictures. It was later written of the filmmaker that "Barrett's visual ingenuity was to be the highlight of all his work, but... his direction of actors was less assured".Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 39 Biography Barrett was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, and was raised by his aunt. He was a professional violin player and amateur photographer and claims to have seen the first exhibit of motion pictures at the Empire Theatre in London. Barrett moved to New Zealand with his brother and father to work as a clerk for the latter. He began to experiment with shooting movies, and in 1901 won a prize of £15 for some of his photos. Barrett accompanied the Duke of York on his 1901 tour of Australia in capacity as photographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	West's Pictures West's Pictures was a short-lived Australian film production and exhibition company during the silent era. It was established by English theatrical entrepreneur Thomas James West (1885-1916) who helped turn the company into one of Australia's largest exhibitors. The company also produced a regular newsreel and several narrative films, some made by Franklyn Barrett. Many of their early films were contemporary stories made on a joint writer-technician-director basis.Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 39 It merged with Australasian Films in 1912, becoming part of the combine that later became the Greater Union organisation. TJ West's film company was often confused in the public mind with that of AJ West's quite separate 'Our Navy' company (incorporated 1902), but there was no connection. However, T.J. West did secure the exclusive right in 1912 to show A.J Wests's 'Our Navy' films in Bournemouth (Bournemouth Graph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pommy Arrives In Australia ''Pommy Arrives in Australia'' is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. The director's first comedy, and the first purely comic feature made in Australia,Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 48 it is considered a lost film. Synopsis An English immigrant is caught up in a series of comic incidents in Australia due to a trio of local tomboys. Cast Lottie Lyell Tom Cosgrove Tien Hogue Tien Hogue was the stage name of Anne Christina Hogue (29 June 1892 – November 1964), an Australian actress of stage and screen in the silent era. She was a popular personality, who, though marriage, became Lady Wyatt. Family The fourth da ... Helen Fergus Production There had been comic shorts made in Australia prior to this movie, such as '' Percy Gets a Job'' (1912) but this was the first feature-length comedy. Longford later went on to make the comedy short '' Ma Hogan's New Boarder''. Reception Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Breaking Of The Drought ''The Breaking of the Drought'' is a 1920 Australian silent film from director Franklyn Barrett based on the popular play by Bland Holt and Arthur Shirley. According to Graham Phillips, this film is one of the most damaged films in Australia's film archive, although few sequences have severe damage in the film. Plot Drought causes Jo Galloway to lose possession of Wallaby Stationn to the bank. He moves to the city with his wife and daughter Marjorie to stay with his son Gilbert only to discover that Gilbert has been embezzling family funds, and fallen in with conman Varsy Lyddleton and femme fatal Olive Lorette. Lyddleton murders Olive then kills himself. Marjorie's boyfriend Tom Wattleby saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family's fortunes. Cast Trilby Clark as Marjorie Galloway Dunstan Webb as Tom Wattleby Charles Beetham as Jo Galloway Marie La Varre as Olive Lorette John Faulkner as Varsy Lyddleton Rawdon Blandford as Gilbert Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Struck Oil ''Struck Oil'' is an 1874 play set during the American Civil War and a 1919 Australian silent film, now considered lost. The play, which introduced Maggie Moore to Australian theatre-goers, was popular with the Australian public and the basis of J. C. Williamson's success as a theatre entrepreneur. A film based on the play and directed by Franklyn Barrett was produced in 1919. Plot John Stofel is a Dutch shoemaker who has settled in America, and has a daughter, Lizzie. During the US Civil War, John goes off to fight, in the place of a cowardly deacon who gives him the title deed of a farm. John returns from the war wounded and insane. Oil is discovered on the farm and the deacon tries to take the land back. However, John regains his memory, finds the hidden title deed and the deacon is forced to give up his claim to the Stofels. The play Origins J. C. Williamson was an American leading actor who had toured Australia and just married Maggie Moore when he read a one-act play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Lure Of The Bush ''The Lure of the Bush'' is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis Hugh Mostyn (Snowy Baker) is sent from his family station to England for an education and returns to Australia years later as a "gentleman", complete with a white suit and monocle. He seeks work as a jackeroo and is teased by station hands who pretend to hold him up as bushrangers, but he beats them all up. He also breaks into a wild brumby, takes part in a kangaroo hunt, defeats the station bully (Colin Bell) in a boxing match, wins the heart of the manager's daughter, and later rescues her from a rejected suitor. Colin Bell was a real-life boxer and his on-screen fight with Baker went for five minutes. Cast Snowy Baker as Hugh Mostyn John Faulkner Rita Tress as Trixie Stanley Claude Flemming as Harry Darvell Colin Bell Joan Baker as rider Production The script was the prize winner in a competition held by the ''Bulletin''. ... [...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 Enemy Within (1918 Film) ''The Enemy Within'' is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker in his first screen role. Unlike many Australian silent movies, it is possible to see the full film today. Synopsis Jack Airlie is a secret agent who has worked for four years abroad. He returns to Australia after four years away and falls for Myree Brew, beautiful daughter of his oldest friend, Mrs Drew. Rich businessman Henry Brasels is also in love with Myree. Brasels is running a gang of German saboteurs, including radical leader Bill Warne, who is planning to set off a series of bombs. Brasels lures Jack into a trap but he manages to escape with the help of his sidekick, detective Jimmy cook. Brasels kidnaps Myee and tries to get on board a German ship. however Jack manages to climb down a steep cliff and rescue her, as the Coastal Patrol capture Warne and Warne. Cast Snowy Baker as Jack Airlie John Faulkner as Henry Brasels Lily Molloy as Myree Drew Nellie Calvin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australia's Peril ''Australia's Peril'' is a 1917 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film. Plot Two German cruisers escape to the Pacific and begin to raid the Australian coast. They sink one merchant marine ship, leaving a sole survivor, Jack Rawson (Roland Conway). He drifts on a raft to an island which he discovers is an enemy munitions base and is captured. He overhears plans to raid the Australian coast and manages to escape. He is taken to Sydney but is kidnapped by a German spy, "Fred Smith" (John de Lacy). Smith ties Jack to a chair in a wooden building which he then sets on fire. Smith helps a German raiding party land near Sydney and it starts wreaking havoc. Jack is rescued from the fire and helps fight the Germans, inspiring some workers who have gone on strike to join in the battle. He is stranded behind enemy lines when he discovers his fiancée, Marion (Maie Baird), is being held captive. He goes to rescue her and finds her being molested b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 Monk And The Woman ''The Monk and the Woman'' is a 1917 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered to be lost. Plot In eighteenth century France, the evil Prince de Montrale (Harry Plimmer) falls in love with Liane (Maud Fane), but she runs away from him and seeks refuge in a monastery. The prince finds her and orders the abbot to keep her in custody. A young novice, Brother Paul (Percy Marmont), is placed in charge of Liane and falls in love with her, despite having just taken his vows of celibacy. The king (Monte Luke) commands that Liane marry the Prince. A wedding is prepared but Paul defeats the prince in a duel, steals his cloak and takes his place at the wedding. The impersonation is discovered and Paul is taken away to be executed. De Montrale leads a revolt against the king but Paul keeps fighting off the attack until loyalists arrive. Paul then returns to the monastery forever. Cast * Maud Fane as Countess Liane Percy Marmont as Brother Paul Harry Plimmer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Murder Of Captain Fryatt ''The Murder of Captain Fryatt'' is a 1917 Australian silent film about the execution of Captain Charles Fryatt during World War I from John and Agnes Gavin. It is considered a lost film. Plot The Gavins claimed the plot "followed closely the facts contained in the official report of the British Admiralty" about the Fryatt incident, with a Belgian love story added. The film begins after Fryatt, the commander of a merchant ship, has rammed a German submarine, and has returned to London a hero. German spies seek to track him down. Fryatt goes on another voyage, is captured by the Germans and executed. Cast Harrington Reynolds as Captain Charles Fryatt John Gavin as Von Kehlen Olive Proctor as Mrs. Fryatt Augustus Neville * Charles Villiers Roland Watts-Phillips Mabel Fish as Baby Percy Walshe Clara Stevenson Elsie Prince Production Fryatt's murder was one of the three best known German atrocities of World War I, the others being the sinking of the ''RMS Lusitania'' ... [...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]

	Franklyn Barrett Walter Franklyn Barrett (1873 – 16 July 1964), better known as Franklyn Barrett, was an Australian film director and cinematographer. He worked for a number of years for West's Pictures. It was later written of the filmmaker that "Barrett's visual ingenuity was to be the highlight of all his work, but... his direction of actors was less assured".Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 39 Biography Barrett was born in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, and was raised by his aunt. He was a professional violin player and amateur photographer and claims to have seen the first exhibit of motion pictures at the Empire Theatre in London. Barrett moved to New Zealand with his brother and father to work as a clerk for the latter. He began to experiment with shooting movies, and in 1901 won a prize of £15 for some of his photos. Barrett accompanied the Duke of York on his 1901 tour of Australia in capacity as photographer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	West's Pictures West's Pictures was a short-lived Australian film production and exhibition company during the silent era. It was established by English theatrical entrepreneur Thomas James West (1885-1916) who helped turn the company into one of Australia's largest exhibitors. The company also produced a regular newsreel and several narrative films, some made by Franklyn Barrett. Many of their early films were contemporary stories made on a joint writer-technician-director basis.Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 39 It merged with Australasian Films in 1912, becoming part of the combine that later became the Greater Union organisation. TJ West's film company was often confused in the public mind with that of AJ West's quite separate 'Our Navy' company (incorporated 1902), but there was no connection. However, T.J. West did secure the exclusive right in 1912 to show A.J Wests's 'Our Navy' films in Bournemouth (Bournemouth Graph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pommy Arrives In Australia ''Pommy Arrives in Australia'' is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. The director's first comedy, and the first purely comic feature made in Australia,Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press 1989 p 48 it is considered a lost film. Synopsis An English immigrant is caught up in a series of comic incidents in Australia due to a trio of local tomboys. Cast Lottie Lyell Tom Cosgrove Tien Hogue Tien Hogue was the stage name of Anne Christina Hogue (29 June 1892 – November 1964), an Australian actress of stage and screen in the silent era. She was a popular personality, who, though marriage, became Lady Wyatt. Family The fourth da ... Helen Fergus Production There had been comic shorts made in Australia prior to this movie, such as '' Percy Gets a Job'' (1912) but this was the first feature-length comedy. Longford later went on to make the comedy short '' Ma Hogan's New Boarder''. Reception Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	The Breaking Of The Drought ''The Breaking of the Drought'' is a 1920 Australian silent film from director Franklyn Barrett based on the popular play by Bland Holt and Arthur Shirley. According to Graham Phillips, this film is one of the most damaged films in Australia's film archive, although few sequences have severe damage in the film. Plot Drought causes Jo Galloway to lose possession of Wallaby Stationn to the bank. He moves to the city with his wife and daughter Marjorie to stay with his son Gilbert only to discover that Gilbert has been embezzling family funds, and fallen in with conman Varsy Lyddleton and femme fatal Olive Lorette. Lyddleton murders Olive then kills himself. Marjorie's boyfriend Tom Wattleby saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family's fortunes. Cast Trilby Clark as Marjorie Galloway Dunstan Webb as Tom Wattleby Charles Beetham as Jo Galloway Marie La Varre as Olive Lorette John Faulkner as Varsy Lyddleton Rawdon Blandford as Gilbert Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Struck Oil ''Struck Oil'' is an 1874 play set during the American Civil War and a 1919 Australian silent film, now considered lost. The play, which introduced Maggie Moore to Australian theatre-goers, was popular with the Australian public and the basis of J. C. Williamson's success as a theatre entrepreneur. A film based on the play and directed by Franklyn Barrett was produced in 1919. Plot John Stofel is a Dutch shoemaker who has settled in America, and has a daughter, Lizzie. During the US Civil War, John goes off to fight, in the place of a cowardly deacon who gives him the title deed of a farm. John returns from the war wounded and insane. Oil is discovered on the farm and the deacon tries to take the land back. However, John regains his memory, finds the hidden title deed and the deacon is forced to give up his claim to the Stofels. The play Origins J. C. Williamson was an American leading actor who had toured Australia and just married Maggie Moore when he read a one-act play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Lure Of The Bush ''The Lure of the Bush'' is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It is considered a lost film. Synopsis Hugh Mostyn (Snowy Baker) is sent from his family station to England for an education and returns to Australia years later as a "gentleman", complete with a white suit and monocle. He seeks work as a jackeroo and is teased by station hands who pretend to hold him up as bushrangers, but he beats them all up. He also breaks into a wild brumby, takes part in a kangaroo hunt, defeats the station bully (Colin Bell) in a boxing match, wins the heart of the manager's daughter, and later rescues her from a rejected suitor. Colin Bell was a real-life boxer and his on-screen fight with Baker went for five minutes. Cast Snowy Baker as Hugh Mostyn John Faulkner Rita Tress as Trixie Stanley Claude Flemming as Harry Darvell Colin Bell Joan Baker as rider Production The script was the prize winner in a competition held by the ''Bulletin''. ... [...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 Enemy Within (1918 Film) ''The Enemy Within'' is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker in his first screen role. Unlike many Australian silent movies, it is possible to see the full film today. Synopsis Jack Airlie is a secret agent who has worked for four years abroad. He returns to Australia after four years away and falls for Myree Brew, beautiful daughter of his oldest friend, Mrs Drew. Rich businessman Henry Brasels is also in love with Myree. Brasels is running a gang of German saboteurs, including radical leader Bill Warne, who is planning to set off a series of bombs. Brasels lures Jack into a trap but he manages to escape with the help of his sidekick, detective Jimmy cook. Brasels kidnaps Myee and tries to get on board a German ship. however Jack manages to climb down a steep cliff and rescue her, as the Coastal Patrol capture Warne and Warne. Cast Snowy Baker as Jack Airlie John Faulkner as Henry Brasels Lily Molloy as Myree Drew Nellie Calvin a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Australia's Peril ''Australia's Peril'' is a 1917 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film. Plot Two German cruisers escape to the Pacific and begin to raid the Australian coast. They sink one merchant marine ship, leaving a sole survivor, Jack Rawson (Roland Conway). He drifts on a raft to an island which he discovers is an enemy munitions base and is captured. He overhears plans to raid the Australian coast and manages to escape. He is taken to Sydney but is kidnapped by a German spy, "Fred Smith" (John de Lacy). Smith ties Jack to a chair in a wooden building which he then sets on fire. Smith helps a German raiding party land near Sydney and it starts wreaking havoc. Jack is rescued from the fire and helps fight the Germans, inspiring some workers who have gone on strike to join in the battle. He is stranded behind enemy lines when he discovers his fiancée, Marion (Maie Baird), is being held captive. He goes to rescue her and finds her being molested b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	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 Monk And The Woman ''The Monk and the Woman'' is a 1917 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered to be lost. Plot In eighteenth century France, the evil Prince de Montrale (Harry Plimmer) falls in love with Liane (Maud Fane), but she runs away from him and seeks refuge in a monastery. The prince finds her and orders the abbot to keep her in custody. A young novice, Brother Paul (Percy Marmont), is placed in charge of Liane and falls in love with her, despite having just taken his vows of celibacy. The king (Monte Luke) commands that Liane marry the Prince. A wedding is prepared but Paul defeats the prince in a duel, steals his cloak and takes his place at the wedding. The impersonation is discovered and Paul is taken away to be executed. De Montrale leads a revolt against the king but Paul keeps fighting off the attack until loyalists arrive. Paul then returns to the monastery forever. Cast * Maud Fane as Countess Liane Percy Marmont as Brother Paul Harry Plimmer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Murder Of Captain Fryatt ''The Murder of Captain Fryatt'' is a 1917 Australian silent film about the execution of Captain Charles Fryatt during World War I from John and Agnes Gavin. It is considered a lost film. Plot The Gavins claimed the plot "followed closely the facts contained in the official report of the British Admiralty" about the Fryatt incident, with a Belgian love story added. The film begins after Fryatt, the commander of a merchant ship, has rammed a German submarine, and has returned to London a hero. German spies seek to track him down. Fryatt goes on another voyage, is captured by the Germans and executed. Cast Harrington Reynolds as Captain Charles Fryatt John Gavin as Von Kehlen Olive Proctor as Mrs. Fryatt Augustus Neville * Charles Villiers Roland Watts-Phillips Mabel Fish as Baby Percy Walshe Clara Stevenson Elsie Prince Production Fryatt's murder was one of the three best known German atrocities of World War I, the others being the sinking of the ''RMS Lusitania'' ... [...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]