Environment (1927 film)

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Environment
Directed by Gerald M. Hayle
Written byGerald M. Hayle
Produced byVaughan C. Marshall
Starring
  • Beth Darvall
  • Hal Percy
Cinematography Tasman Higgins
Production
company
Advance Films
Release date
  • 23 July 1927 (1927-07-23) [1]
Running time
6,000 feet
CountryAustralia
Languages Silent film
English intertitles
Budget£4,000 [2] [3]

Environment is a 1927 Australian silent film about a woman who poses for a revealing painting. It was one of two films produced by Vaughan C. Marshall, the other one being Caught in the Net (1928).

Contents

Unlike many Australian silent films, a copy of it survives today. [4]

Plot

Mary Garval is forced by poverty into posing semi-nude for a painting, L'Environment. The painter's assistant, Arthur, tries to seduce her but she runs away after finding out he is married.

Mary seeks refuge in the country and falls for a farmer, Jimmy. They get married but Arthur, seeking revenge, sends a Jewish friend to spy on them. He sends Jimmy a copy of the painting as a wedding present. Jimmy eventually forgives Mary and decides to destroy the painting, but discovers a lost will in the frame, which reveals Mary to be the heiress to a lost fortune.

Cast

Production

The movie was shot in early 1927 in and around Melbourne, particularly in the suburb of Hawthorn. Marshall tried to woo Melbourne society while making the film, looking for investment. The director, Gerald Haye, made industrial films in Melbourne for several years. [4]

Reception

The film appears to have only been screened in Victoria. [4]

In December 1927 Everyones said the film was being released throughout Victoria "more or less as a quota picture." [5]

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References

  1. "FILM INDUSTRY". The Argus . Melbourne. 18 June 1927. p. 32. Retrieved 5 August 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "£100,000 SPENT." Advocate (Burnie, Tas) 5 January 1928: 6; accessed 6 December 2011
  3. "PICTURES IN AUSTRALIA". Singleton Argus . NSW. 5 May 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 5 August 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  4. 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 140.
  5. "Likely to be Biggest Australian Release in 1928—" The Adorable Outcast."", Everyones., 7 (406 (14 December 1927)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-578957495, retrieved 2 March 2024 via Trove