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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] |
Beaumont Smith
Frank Beaumont "Beau" Smith (15 August 1885 – 2 January 1950), was an Australian film director, producer and exhibitor, best known for making low-budget comedies. Smith made his first film in 1917, '' Our Friends, the Hayseeds''. He went on to become one of the most prolific and popular Australian filmmakers of the silent era. Among his films were adaptations of the works of Banjo Paterson and Henry Lawson. His 1933 comedy '' The Hayseeds'' featured the first screen appearance of Cecil Kellaway. Smith was famous for making his films quickly – sometimes he would complete shooting and post production within one month for budgets ranging from £600 to £1,200. His wife Elsie would comment on his scripts and his brother Gordon looked after company finances. He was sometimes known as "One Shot Beau" or "That'll Do Beau".Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, ''Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years'', Currency Press, 1989 p 50-51. Biography Early life Smith was born in Hallett, Sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |