''A Blue Gum Romance'' is a 1913 Australian

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...

directed by

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 visu ...

. It is considered a

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Plot

The film was described as "a Sensational Story of Love, jealousy and revenge".

Cast

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 ...

as heroine *Tom Middleton as hero *Douglas Lotherington as aboriginal chief

Production

It was the first narrative film from the

Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company was an Australian film company formed in 1912 by two brothers, Archie and Colin Fraser. It operated as a film exchange, importing movies from overseas, and production house, making shorts, features and do ...

. The film was set in the timber industry area near Gosford and Wooy, although interiors were shot in Sydney. The aboriginal characters were played by white actors in blackface. Filming was completed by July 1913.

Reception

The film was popular at the local box office and screened in England and the USA. A contemporary review said the film "seemed to find favour with the spectators." The film was picked up for distribution in the US by the Essanay Company and "met with success".

References

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1913 films Australian drama short films Australian silent short films Australian black-and-white films Lost Australian films 1913 lost films Lost drama films Films directed by Franklyn Barrett Silent Australian drama films {{Australia-silent-film-stub