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The year 1903 in film involved many significant events in cinema.
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Walter Franklyn Barrett, better known as Franklyn Barrett, was an Australian film director and cinematographer. He worked for a number of years for West's Pictures. It was later written of the filmmaker that "Barrett's visual ingenuity was to be the highlight of all his work, but... his direction of actors was less assured".
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Australia's Peril is a 1917 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film.
Struck Oil is an 1874 play set during the American Civil War and a 1919 Australian silent film, now considered lost. The play, which introduced Maggie Moore to Australian theatre-goers, was popular with the Australian public and the basis of J. C. Williamson's success as a theatre entrepreneur. A film based on the play and directed by Franklyn Barrett was produced in 1919.
A Girl of the Bush is a 1921 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is one of the few films from Barrett to survive in its entirety today.
Know Thy Child is a 1921 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.
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References
- ↑ Rutledge, 'Barrett, Walter Franklyn (1873–1964)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 11 September 2013.
- ↑ "A Message From Mars." Southland Times , Issue 18051, 22 January 1903, Page 2 accessed 11 September 2013
- 1 2 "Film History: Where Wellington Stands". Dominion. No. 116. Papers Past. 10 February 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ↑ "A Message from Mars". Silent Era Company. 1903. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
- ↑ "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.
