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Rip Van Winkle
Directed byW. J. Lincoln
Based onstage adaptation by Joseph Jefferson and Dion Boucicault
ofRip Van Winkle
byWashington Irving
Produced byWilliam Gibson
Millard Johnson
John Tait
Nevin Tait
StarringArthur Styan
CinematographyOrrie Perry

Production
company

Amalgamated Pictures

Distributed byTait's Pictures

Release date

  • 6 April 1912 (1912-04-06) (Melbourne)[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Rip Van Winkle is a 1912 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln about Rip Van Winkle.[2] It was arguably Australia's first fantasy film.[3]

It is considered a lost film.

Plot[edit]

Rip Van Winkle is a lazy man who likes to wander around with his dog, Wolf. One day, he ventures into the Kaatskill mountains, where he encounters a strange group of men drinking and playing bowls. He drinks their mysterious brew and falls asleep. When he wakes up, he is shocked to discover that 20 years have passed, and everything has changed.

The story is a charming tale that depicts how America changed during the Civil War, but in a more subtle way. Rip's experiences show how the war affected the people and the country. It also portrays the changing values and attitudes towards work and leisure time.

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film was made in the wake of a successful Australian season of Joseph Jefferson and Dion Boucicault's theatre adaptation of Washington Irving's 1819 short story "Rip Van Winkle".[5]

One reviewer said that star Arthur Styan "has figured in several of the previous productions of the Amalgamated Pictures Ltd., and who makes quite a success of this."[6]

Assisting Lincoln was Sam Crews.[7]

Reception[edit]

The film appears not to have been widely released. The Bendigo Advertiser said that "the famous story is most effectively explained in the picture production."[8]

In April 1912 The Bulletin said "Rip Van Winkle is biographed in Melbourne excellently, by an Australian company, with Styan as Winkle."[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 214
  • ^ "St. Kilda Theatre". The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  • ^ Rip Van WikleatAustLit
  • ^ "St. Kilda Theatre". The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  • ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p34
  • ^ "St. Kilda Theatre". The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  • ^ "Sam Crew Enters 'When London Sleeps' Controversy". Everyones. 12 October 1932. p. 19.
  • ^ "MASONIC HALL". Bendigo Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 1 May 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  • ^ "AT POVERTY POINT". The Bulletin. 18 April 1912. p. 11.
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