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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Robbery Under Arms Directed by Kenneth Brampton Written by Kenneth Brampton Based on novel by Rolf Boldrewood Produced by Pearson Tewksbury Starring Kenneth Brampton Cinematography Lacey Percival
Production
Pacific Photo Plays[1] [2]
Distributed by Union Theatres
Release date
2 October 1920 (1920-10-02 )
Running time
53 minutes Country Australia Languages Silent Budget £3,000 Box office £16,000[3]
Robbery Under Arms Kenneth Brampton and financed by mining magnate Pearson Tewksbury.[4] Meat pie Western ".[5]
Two brothers, Dick and Jim Marsden, become involved with the bushranger, Captain Starlight. They romance two girls, work on the goldfields, and are captured by the police after Starlight is shot dead.[6]
S. A. Fitzgerald as Ben Marsden
Roland Conway as Dick Marsden
Cliff Pyatt as Jim Marsden
Roy Redgrave as Dan Moran
William Pearson as Sir Frederick Moranger
Stuart MacRae as Inspector Goring
Jackie Anderson as Warrigal
Vera Archer as Jennie Morrison
Betty Crook as Miss Falkland
Hilda Dorrington as Kate Morrison
Tien Hogue as Aileen Marsden
Austral Nichol as Mrs. Knightley
Wilton Power as George Storefield
Phyllis Ruthven as Grace Storefield
Sybil Shirley
Nan Taylor as Mrs. Marsden
H. D. Wise as Mr. Knightley
Charles Chauvel
Production [ edit ]
There had been several attempts to make films based on Rolfe Boldrewood's 1888 novel since the bushranging ban by the New South Wales government in 1912 . In particular there were attempts by Stanley Crick in 1916 and Alfred Rolfe in 1918. However Kenneth Brampton managed to secure permission for this 1920 version, mostly likely because it stressed the moral lessons of the story.[7]
Kenneth Brampton and actress Tien Hogue managed to persuade the mining magnate Pearson Tewksbury to raise the budget and act as producer.[3]
Brampton was acting in the play Lightnin' which he left to make the film.[8]
The film was shot on location at Braidwood and in the Araluen Valley near Canberra. The bushrangers the Clarke brothers reportedly worked in this region.[9] [10]
Renowned horseman "Top" Hassall doubled for Brampton on the horse riding scenes.[11]
Future director Charles Chauvel was working around the Sydney studios and attending to horses on the film. He has a bit part.
The film was the final acting role for Roy Redgrave who died in 1922.
Reception [ edit ]
The movie was reportedly successful at the box office[7] [3]
Variety said the film was "of only fair quality, the picture just gets by."[12]
Preservation status [ edit ]
A "copy comprising about three-quarters of the film" was found and combined with already known footage to produce a near-complete version.[13] [13]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Graham Shirley & Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years , Angus & Robertson, 1989 p 70-71
^ Pearson Tewksbury at Australian Dictionary of Biography
^ Lennon, Troy (21 January 2018). "Australian 'meat pie' westerns have been around for more than a century" . The Daily Telegraph .
^ "Advertising" . Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser 5 . Retrieved 11 November 2014 .
^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production , Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 101.
^ "GOSSIP OF THE THEATRES" . The Sydney Mail 10 . Retrieved 11 November 2014 .
^ "EARL'S COURT" . The Morning Bulletin 10 . Retrieved 26 July 2012 .
^ " . Goulburn Evening Penny Post . Retrieved 11 November 2014 .
^ "Sydney's Talking About" . The Sydney Morning Herald 16 . Retrieved 26 July 2012 .
^ "Variety - Lantern: Search, Visualize & Explore the Media History Digital Library" .
^ a b Edmondson, Ray; Pike, Andrew (1982). "Australia's Lost Films" (PDF) . National Library of Australia. Retrieved 13 March 2013 .
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