Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo

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Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo
Directed by Alfred Rolfe
Based onnovel Caloola by Clement Pratt [1]
Production
company
Release date
16 October 1911 [2]
Running time
2,000 feet [3]
CountryAustralia
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe based on a novel published the previous year by Clement Pratt. [4] [5]

Contents

It is considered a lost film. [6] [7]

Plot

An Englishman, Charlie Hargreaves, is falsely accused of an embezzlement and goes to Australia, where he finds work as a jackeroo at Caloola Station. He falls in love with Hilda, the station owner's daughter, but they are both captured by aboriginals.

The girl's parents arrange a search party and come to the rescue, but the chief of the tribe takes the girl. He is about to throw her over a cliff when the jackeroo comes to the rescue. He encounters a bushfire and manages to escape death in a watery grave. [8] [9] [10]

Chapter headings were:

Cast

Release

The movie was advertised as being available for release on 4 October 1911. [12]

The bushfire sequence was heavily promoted in advertising. [13]

One report said the film had been "a strong draw". [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "A BUSH DRAMA". The Register . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 August 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Advertising". The Evening News . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 16 October 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "EMPRESS OPEN-AIR GARDEN". Williamstown Chronicle . Vic.: National Library of Australia. 4 November 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  4. ↑ ""CALOOLA."". The Barrier Miner . Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 13 August 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  5. ↑ "ON AN AUSTRALIAN STATION". Western Mail . Perth: National Library of Australia. 24 September 1910. p. 50. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  6. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 28
  7. ↑ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  8. ↑ "SAYERS'S PICTURES". The Barrier Miner . Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 26 January 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  9. ↑ "EARL'S COURT". The Morning Bulletin . Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 5 June 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  10. ↑ "STAR COURT". Daily Mercury . Mackay, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 20 May 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  11. ↑ "Picture Shows". Williamstown Chronicle . Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 January 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  12. ↑ "Advertising". The Referee . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 4 October 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Advertising". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 15 January 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  14. ↑ "EMPIRE THEATRE". Daily Herald . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 20 January 1912. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
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