A Blue Gum Romance

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A Blue Gum Romance
Directed by Franklyn Barrett [1]
Written by Franklyn Barrett
Starring Tien Hogue
Cinematography Franklyn Barrett
Production
company
Distributed by Essanay Company (US)
Release date
  • 19 May 1913 (1913-05-19) [2]
Running time
2,000 feet [3]
CountryAustralia
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

A Blue Gum Romance is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. [4] It is considered a lost film.

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Plot

The film was described as "a Sensational Story of Love, jealousy and revenge". [2]

Cast

Production

It was the first narrative film from the Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company.

The film was set in the timber industry area near Gosford and Woy Woy, although interiors were shot in Sydney. The aboriginal characters were played by white actors in blackface.

Filming was completed by July 1913. [5]

Reception

The film was popular at the local box office and screened in England and the USA. [6] [7]

A contemporary review said the film "seemed to find favour with the spectators." [8]

The film was picked up for distribution in the US by the Essanay Company and "met with success". [9]

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References

  1. "Production of Moving Pictures – In America and Australia". Australian Town and Country Journal . Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. 1 2 "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate . No. 12, 026. New South Wales, Australia. 19 May 1913. p. 8. Retrieved 8 August 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "Advertising". Daily Standard . No. 144. Queensland, Australia. 28 May 1913. p. 2 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 8 August 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
  5. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 39.
  6. Graham Shirley & Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Angus and Robertson, 1989 p. 59
  7. "AT POVERTY POINT.", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 10 July 1913, nla.obj-685913811, retrieved 1 May 2024 via Trove
  8. "The Lyric Theatre". Queensland Times . Vol. LIV, no. 8776. Queensland, Australia. 3 June 1913. p. 6 (Daily). Retrieved 8 August 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Fraser Films". The Sunday Times . No. 1483. New South Wales, Australia. 21 June 1914. p. 27. Retrieved 8 August 2017 via National Library of Australia.