Reception
Although completed by late May 1915 the film was not released until nearly a year later. It was not a success at the box office. [4]
The Sunday Times called it "a happy piece of farce acting, cleverly photo graphed, and excellent in its sustained fun" [7] and "the most successful [picture] that has been issued from the Williamson studios." [8]
The Moving Picture World called it "a very fine comedy, and one of the best produced in this country. Fred Niblo still retains his great personality on the screen." [9]
Unlike most Australian silent movies, some of it survives, and the original print is located at the National Screen and Sound Archive in Canberra, Australia.
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