Sentenced for Life (1911 film)

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Sentenced for Life
Directed by Edward Irham Cole
Based onplay Sentenced for Life
StarringBohemian Dramatic Company
Production
company
Australian Biograph Company [1]
Distributed byPathes Freres [2]
Release date
29 May 1911 [3]
Running time
2,000 feet [4]
CountryAustralia
Languages Silent film
English intertitles

Sentenced for Life is an Australian film directed by E. I. Cole. It was an adaptation of a play performed by Cole and his Bohemian Dramatic Company as early as 1904. [5] [6]

Contents

It is considered a lost film. [7]

Plot

A man is wrongly convicted and sentenced as a convict. [8] According to a contemporary report, "Vivid convict scenes are enacted, ending with a revolt by the prisoners. There is a happy ending of wedding bells." [1] It turns out the young man's rival was responsible and he is punished. [9]

Chapter headings were:

Original play

Sentenced for Life
Written by Edward Irham Cole
Directed by Edward Irham Cole
Date premiered1904
Original languageEnglish
Subjectmelodrama

The play debuted in 1904. [10]

One review said "The convict scenes in Australia were well mounted, and the entertainment as a whole most praiseworthy." [11]

The play was popular and was revive in 1906, [12] 1907, [13] 1908 [14] and several other times.

The play was also known as A Convict's Sweetheart. [15]

Cast of theatre production

In 1911 the cast of a theatre production of the play in Geelong was listed as follows:

It is highly likely at least some of these actors repeated their performance in the film.

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References

  1. 1 2 "Amusements". The Register . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 June 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Advertising". The Referee . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "People's Concert". Geelong Advertiser . National Library of Australia. 29 May 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier . National Library of Australia. 17 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Bohemian Dramatic Comedy." The Sydney Morning Herald 18 Jan 1904: 3. Retrieved 31 December 2011
  6. ↑ "BOHEMIAN PICTURE PLAYS". The Bendigo Independent . No. 13, 133. Victoria, Australia. 15 February 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 4 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  7. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 21.
  8. ↑ "Shaftesbury Picture Gardens". The Daily News . Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 8 June 1911. p. 2 Edition: 3rd. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Local and General Topics". Bunyip . Gawler, SA: National Library of Australia. 30 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  10. ↑ "Advertising". The Daily Telegraph. No. 7681. New South Wales, Australia. 18 January 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  11. ↑ "Bill of the Play". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People . Vol. 6, no. 70. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 5 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  12. ↑ "Stage, Song and Show". The Australian Star . No. 5610. New South Wales, Australia. 5 February 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  13. ↑ "Advertising". The Age . No. 16, 377. Victoria, Australia. 7 September 1907. p. 18. Retrieved 5 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  14. ↑ "Advertising". The Age . No. 16596. Victoria, Australia. 22 May 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 5 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  15. ↑ ""A Convict's Sweetheart"". Daily Standard. No. 1761. Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1918. p. 7 (second edition). Retrieved 5 April 2024– via National Library of Australia.
  16. ↑ "Advertising". Geelong Advertiser . National Library of Australia. 1 July 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
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