''The Sundowner'' is an Australian film shot in
Victoria
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* Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia
* Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada
* Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory
* Victoria, Seychelle ...
. Set in the
Australian bush
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, it was billed as "a romance with many startling adventures".
It is not known who directed the movie, but it may have been
E. I. Cole
Edward Irham Cole (3 December 1859 – 1 July 1942) was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur and film director whose productions represented a synthesis of Wild West shows, Wild West show and stage melodrama (often with a bushranger theme). ...
as it featured his Bohemian Dramatic Company.
It is considered a
lost film
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Conditions
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Plot
A farmer refuses to let his daughter marry her admirer until he can show he can take care of her. The admirer turns out to be a villain. The girl marries a neighbouring squatter and they have a baby. The scorned admirer returns after a few years seeking revenge. He kidnaps the baby and there is a chase.
Cast
* Vera Remee
*
Frank R. Mills
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He is frequently mistaken for other actors with the name ''Frank Mills''. He began i ...
* Bohemian Dramatic Company
Production
The film was shot in Victoria.
Reception
According to contemporary reports, the film was well received by audiences in a number of states. The
Launceston ''Daily Telegraph'' said the film was "cleverly acted with the scenes cleanly depicted."
Another report said:
''The Sundowner'' is a capital story of unbounded interest and excitement. The life in the Never, Never country, with its awesome loneliness and characteristic beauty, is defined throughout the lengthy picture with such incredible exactness that with small imagination the spectator is carried direct to the spot. "The Sundowner", being one of Pathe Freres' first efforts in dramatic photography in our country, particular care has been paid in making it a pronounced success. Localities were explored and carefully considered, the site of operations being ultimately found out in the far west. A company of the first rank of colonial actors was selected to assume the many characters involved, and a staff of skilled photographic operators was deputed to carefully absorb this delightful dramatic story into photographic form for presentation to the many to whom this class of picture appeals
References
External links
*
''The Sundowner''at
AustLit
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Australian black-and-white films
Australian silent short films
1911 films
Lost Australian films
1910s romance films