Breaking the News | |
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Directed by | W. J. Lincoln |
Written by | W. J. Lincoln |
Based on | the painting by Sir John Longstaff |
Produced by | William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait |
Starring | Harrie Ireland Arthur Styan |
Cinematography | Orrie Perry |
Production company | |
Release date | 16 March 1912 (Melbourne) [1] |
Running time | 4,000 feet [2] |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Breaking the News is a 1912 Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on John Longstaff's 1887 painting of the same name. [3]
It is considered a lost film.
A prospector looks for a wife to live with him and eventually gets married. While he is in town, the mine floods and miners need to be rescued. The main scenes were:
The film was shot at Diamond Creek, near Melbourne. [6]
The movie was a popular success with critics drawing particular attention to a scene of an underground mine being flooded. [7] In March 1912 The Bulletin wrote "cheers for the big black and white item, “Breaking the News.” The yarn is excellently acted and photographed, but the plot is not too conspicuous for common-sense." [8]
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