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For the Term of His Natural Life novel by the same name by Marcus Clarke . The film is an adaptation of MacMahon's stage adaptation of the novel.
It was the fourth Australian feature ever made and is considered a lost film .
The 1908 film was the first screen adaptation of Clarke's novel, which was also later filmed in 1911 , as a silent film known as "The Life of Rufus Dawes", 1927 , again as a silent film (the most expensive produced in Australia to that time) and 1983 , as a television mini-series.
Synopsis [ edit ]
The film's plot was a collection of highlights from the novel, such as
"The Convict Mutiny in the 'Malabar'",
"The Burning of the 'Hydaspes'",
"The Murder on Hampstead Heath",
"The Solitary of Grummet Island", and
"The Life and Death Struggle Between Gabbett and his Famished Escapees".
The movie kept the tragic ending of the novel, with Rufus Dawes and Sylvia perishing in a storm after Reverend North had helped Dawes escape.[4] [5]
Martyn Keith as Rufus Dawes
Rosie Knight Phillips as Sylvia Vickers
Mrs Barry Lane as Mrs Vickers
Frank Kenn as Lord Bellasis
Augustus Neville as Gabbett
Roland Conway as Reverend North
Mr Jerdan as Reverend Meekin
Fred Francis as Lieutenant Frere
Charles Morse as Jemmy Vetch
Production [ edit ]
The MacMahon brothers, James and Charles MacMahon , had enjoyed success producing a version of the novel on stage,[6] [7] Port Arthur . The scene involving the burning of a sailing ship was staged with a model ship in a tank.[2]
Reception [ edit ]
Based on a popular stage adaptation of the novel, the movie was a big success at the box office, running for eight weeks in Sydney at Queens Hall in 1908.[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production , Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 9
^ "Advertising" . Williamstown Chronicle 4 . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .
^ "FOR THE TERM OF HIS NATURAL LIFE." The Examiner (Launceston), 10 November 1909: 6, accessed Web. 26 November 2011
^ "WONDERLAND PICTURES" . The Mildura Cultivator 9 . Retrieved 31 March 2015 .
^ "AMUSEMENTS" . The Daily News 3 . Retrieved 5 December 2012 .
^ " . The Examiner . Retrieved 24 August 2013 .
^ Margaret Williams, 'MacMahon, Charles (1861–1917)' , Australian Dictionary of Biography , National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 4 December 2012.
^ "Advertising" . The Sydney Morning Herald 2 . Retrieved 24 August 2013 .
^ "MacMahon and Carroll's Picture Drama" The Examiner (Launceston, Tas) 12 November 1909: 3, accessed Web. 26 November 2011
^ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years , Currency Press, 1989 p 26.
^ "His Natural Life" by Biograph" The Brisbane Courier 24 December 1909: 2, retrieved 26 November 2011
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