A Ticket in Tatts (1911 film)

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A Ticket in Tatts
Directed by Gaston Mervale
Written by P. W. Marony
Starring Godfrey Cass
Production
company
Release date
  • 19 June 1911 (1911-06-19)
Running time
2,000 feet [1]
CountryAustralia
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

A Ticket in Tatts is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Gaston Mervale.

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Plot

John Hare (A.J. Patrick) loses his job after going to the races at work without permission. Despite being married with a child he invests his last shilling in a Tattersall's sweep ticket and draws the favourite. He interviews Dick Fallows (Alf Scarlett), the owner of the favourite, and puts two-thirds of the sweep money with him. The horse wins and after Hare secures the prize money he goes to the Fallows house to celebrate, where he meets Mrs Fallows (Louise Carbasse), Fred Wynne (Godfrey Cass) and some others. Hare plays cards and gets drunk, falling asleep on the couch in the room. A quarrel results between Fallows and Wynne; Fallows winds up killing Wynne with a knife, and then puts the knife in Hare's hand.

Hare wakes up, sees the knife and Wynne's corpse and thinks he might have done the murder. Fallows confirms this was the case and suggest he tell his wife (Harrie Ireland) and leave town. Hare does this. Mrs Fallows starts to follow her husband around town and discovers him with another woman. Fallows knocks her down and is about to kill when stopped by the occupants by a passing tram.

Hare is tormented by dreams of his wife and child and decides to give himself up so he can see them again. He is arrested by the injured Mrs Fallows, believing herself near death, confesses that Hare was innocent and her husband murdered Wynne. Fallows is arrested while Hare is released, gets his old job back and returns to his family. [2] [3]

Reception

The film appears to have been well received by the public and critics. [4] When it screened in Adelaide in a rented hall owned by the YMCA, the YMCA ordered removal of a poster advertising it on the grounds that it could be seen to promote gambling. [5] [6]

Cast

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References

  1. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p21
  2. ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 17 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  3. ↑ "Amusements. Lenard's Pictures". The Barrier Miner . Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 30 September 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "The Lyceum—Todd's Pictures". The Examiner . Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 July 1911. p. 5 Edition: Daily. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "General News". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 5 August 1911. p. 18. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  6. ↑ ""A Ticket in Tatts." and the Y.M.C.A." The Barrier Miner . Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
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