''One Hundred Years Ago'' is a 1911 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, w ...

directed by

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 ...

. It features an early screen performance from

Louise Lovely Louise Lovely (born Nellie Louise Carbasse; 28 February 1895 – 18 March 1980) was an Australian film actress of Swiss-Italian descent. She is credited by film historians for being the first Australian actress to have a successful career i ...

(billed as "Louise Carbasse") and is considered a

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Plot

The movie was billed as "an Anglo-Australian romantic drama". Jasper Hugh Lovel is sent to prison at

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for a crime he did not commit. A woman in England who loves him manages to secure his pardon and they are reunited.

Cast

* Louise Carbasse as Judith (in love with Lovel) *Harrie Ireland as Katharine (a burglar's wife) *A.J. Patrick as Lovel (a young squire) *

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 Captain Ridd (his rival) *Alf Scarlett as an Old Jew (a receiver of stolen goods) *James Martin as a magistrate * Harry Beaumont as a Burglar

Production

The film was shot at Australian Life Biograph's factory in

Manly, New South Wales Manly is a beach-side suburb of northern Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is north-east of the Sydney central business district and is currently one of the three administrative centres of the local government area of Nor ...

. Unlike many Australian films of the time, it was an original script, not based on a play. The author was Patrick William Marony. The story is founded on fact. In an old cell at Norfolk Island may be seen the following inscription: "I, Jasper Hugh Lovel, here proclaim, before God and man, I am innocent. May God avenge me on mine enemy."

References

External links

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''One Hundred Years Ago''
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