In the Nick of Time (1911 film)

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In the Nick of Time
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Sunday Times 3 Sept 1911
Directed by Alfred Rolfe
Production
company
Release date
  • 4 September 1911 (1911-09-04) [1]
Running time
1,200 feet
CountryAustralia
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

In the Nick of Time is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. [2] It was described as a "sensational railway drama", although now is considered a lost film. [3] [4]

Contents

It featured a fight on the footboard of a train. [5]

It was called a "special feature", as in it had a shorter running time. [6] The movie came from the Australian Photoplay Company. [7]

Plot

The film featured two main sequences: [8]

Reception

One critic, from the Daily Herald, called it "easily the best of the A.P.P. Company's many brilliant dramatic productions." [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 4 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 24
  4. ↑ "ALONG FILM ROW Folk. Fact and Fancy....The Laughs and Laments of the Trade", Everyones., 13 (723 (3 January 1934)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 1920, nla.obj-578996760, retrieved 1 December 2023– via Trove
  5. ↑ "VICTORIA HALL". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 4 September 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  6. ↑ "THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD". Referee . No. 1287. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 1 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ "Advertising". The Advertiser . Vol. LV, no. 16, 854. South Australia. 22 October 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2023– via National Library of Australia.
  8. ↑ "Advertising". The Sunday Times . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 3 September 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "LYRIC THEATRE". Daily Herald . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 October 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 13 September 2013.


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