Taking his Chance

Taking his Chance
Taking his Chance
Directed by	Raymond Longford
Written by	Raymond Longford
Based on	poem by Henry Lawson
Starring	Lottie Lyell
Cinematography	Higgins brothers
Production; company	Higgins-Longford Films
Release date	1914;
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film ; English intertitles

Last updated March 12, 2026

Taking his Chance is a 1914 film from director Raymond Longford based on a poem by Henry Lawson.^[2] It was one of two short films Longford made from poems by Lawson, the other being Trooper Campbell.^[3]

It is considered a lost film.^[4]

References

↑ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
↑ "THE GIRL AND THE BUSHRANGER". The Farmer and Settler (Sydney, NSW : 1906 – 1957) . Sydney, NSW. 19 May 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 1 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Story of g Lost Industry Australia Once Made Films", The Bulletin, 79 (4096), 13 August 1958, nla.obj-702805906, retrieved 7 January 2024– via Trove
↑ Eric Reade, History and heartburn: the saga of Australian film, 1896-1978, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1979 p13

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[papers-1] "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51

[2] "THE GIRL AND THE BUSHRANGER". The Farmer and Settler (Sydney, NSW : 1906 – 1957) . Sydney, NSW. 19 May 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 1 July 2015– via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Story of g Lost Industry Australia Once Made Films", The Bulletin, 79 (4096), 13 August 1958, nla.obj-702805906, retrieved 7 January 2024– via Trove

[4] Eric Reade, History and heartburn: the saga of Australian film, 1896-1978, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1979 p13

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v t e Films directed by Raymond Longford
1910s	The Fatal Wedding (1911) The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1911) Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1911) The Tide of Death (1912) The Midnight Wedding (1912) Australia Calls (1913) Pommy Arrives in Australia (1913) 'Neath Austral Skies (1913) The Silence of Dean Maitland (1914) The Swagman's Story (1914) Taking his Chance (1914) (short) Trooper Campbell (1914) (short) We'll Take Her Children in Amongst Our Own (1915) (short) Ma Hogan's New Boarder (1915) (short) The Mutiny of the Bounty (1916) A Maori Maid's Love (1916) The Church and the Woman (1917) The Woman Suffers (1918) The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
1920s	On Our Selection (1920) Ginger Mick (1920) Rudd's New Selection (1921) The Blue Mountains Mystery (1921) The Dinkum Bloke (1923) Australia Calls (1923) An Australian by Marriage (1923) Fisher's Ghost (1924) The Bushwhackers (1925) Peter Vernon's Silence (1926) The Pioneers (1926) Sunrise (1926) Hills of Hate (1926)
1930s	Waltzing Matilda (1933) (assoc director) Diggers in Blighty (1933) (assoc director) The Hayseeds (1933) (assoc director) Splendid Fellows (1934) (assoc director) The Man They Could Not Hang (1934)