''After Sundown'' is a 1911 Australian film directed by

W. J. Lincoln William Joseph Lincoln (1870 – 18 August 1917) was an Australian playwright, theatre manager, film director and screenwriter in the silent film, silent era. He produced, directed and/or wrote 23 films between 1911 and 1916. One obituary calle ...

set in the Australian bush. According to Lincoln's obituary in ''The Bulletin'' it was one of Lincoln's best films. Only six minutes of the film survive today.

Plot

Two men fight over the same woman. The villain taunts the hero with the fact he has won her, until an old man appears and shoots the villain dead. It turns out the old man was the father of a girl "ruined" by the villain.

Cast

*Leslie Woods as Gilbert Baxter *

Godfrey Cass Godfrey Cass (1867 – 14 May 1951) was an Australian actor in the silent era. Between 1906 and 1935 he acted in nineteen film roles. He played Ned Kelly three times, and also had roles in a number of other bushranger movies including '' A Tale ...

as Western Moore

Production

The film was based on a one-act 1896 play by W.J. Lincoln. According to a press account the aim was to "realise the ideal of a bush story which shall be true to actual life in Australia, sweet and natural in its atmosphere, dealing with type of chnracter which are to be found in the wayback country." It was a film from

Amalgamated Pictures Amalgamated Pictures was a film exchange company in Australia. For a time it was also a short-lived Australian film production company. Although none of its output has survived, it has been written that "judging by subjects chosen, the average l ...

and was shot in September 1911 at their studios in St Kilda as well as on location at

Healesville Healesville is a town in Victoria, Australia, 52 km north-east from Melbourne's central business district, located within the Shire of Yarra Ranges local government area. Healesville recorded a population of 7,589 in the 2021 census. He ...

, outside Melbourne, and Coranderrk Mission Station.

Reception

The film was never released.

References

External links

Extensive 1911 newspaper article on the making of the film
1911 films Australian black-and-white films Australian silent feature films Lost Australian films 1911 lost films Unreleased films Films directed by W. J. Lincoln {{Australia-silent-film-stub