''The Russell Affair'' is a 1928 Australian silent film directed by

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. It was Ramster's last film.

Synopsis

An artist, Stephen Patrick, falls in love with his model, Juliette (Adrienne Stewart). Juliette is in love with Dr Lonsdale, who is engaged to a wealthy widow, Ruby Russell (

Jessica Harcourt Jessica Harcourt (1905–1988) was an Australian mannequin, authoress and actress, best known for playing a leading role in ''For the Term of His Natural Life'' (1927). Biography Jessica Edna Harcourt was born on 7 April 1905 in Woollahra ...

). Ruby destroys Patrick's paintings of Juliette in a jealous rage, but manages to get Juliette blamed. A blackmailer, Arthur White (

Gaston Mervale Gaston Mervale (1882–1934) was an Australian director and actor who worked extensively on stage and in films. He directed several films for the Australian Life Biograph Company. After this wound up he went to New York and worked as an actor for ...

), complicates things.

Production

The movie was financed partly by Juliette De La Ruze, a woman anxious to get involved in film production. Filming took place in Sydney, partly at the studios of

Australasian Films Australasian Films, full name Union Theatres and Australasian Films, was an Australian film distribution and production company formed in 1913 that was wound up in the 1930s to merge into Greater Union. The Union Theatres and Australasian Films d ...

, Hyde Park and "in the homes of prominent society people and wound up in August 1928. The star, Jessica Harcourt, previously appeared in the expensive silent productions, '' For the Term of His Natural Life'' (1927) and ''

The Adorable Outcast ''The Adorable Outcast'' is a 1928 Australian silent film directed by Norman Dawn about an adventurer who romances an island girl. The script was based on Beatrice Grimshaw's novel ''Conn of the Coral Seas''. It was one of the most expensive f ...

'' (1928) and was also well known as a fashion model. She made no further films. No copy exists today and it is considered a lost film.

Cast

as Ruby Russell *

as Arthur White *Adrienne Stewart as Juliette Hope *Arthur McLaglen *Fred Twitcham *Arthur Clarke *Robert Purdie *Roy Paine

References

External links

* 1928 films Silent Australian drama films Australian black-and-white films 1928 drama films 1920s Australian films Lost Australian drama films 1928 lost films 1920s English-language films {{Australia-silent-film-stub