The Man Who Forgot (1927 film)

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The Man Who Forgot
Directed by A. R. Harwood
Produced byA. R. Harwood
StarringWalter Nicholls
William Hallam
CinematographyWilliam Hallam
Distributed byWalter Nicholls
William Hallam
A. R. Harwood
Release date
  • 1927 (1927)
Running time
5,000 feet
CountryAustralia

The Man Who Forgot is a 1927 silent Australian feature film which marked the directorial debut of A. R. Harwood. It is considered a lost film.

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Production

Little is known about the movie apart from the fact it was a low-budget melodrama shot outdoors to save on studio costs. The story included scenes at the Ascot racecourse in Melbourne, a fight on the brink of the Werribee Gorge, timber felling in the Dandenong Rangers, and an escape by the hero in an aeroplane at the Essendon Aerodrome. [1]

Release

Harwood distributed the film himself in partnership with his leading actors Nicholls and Hallam. They showed it on a double bill with Jewelled Nights (1925) around rural Victoria. Harwood, Nicholls and Hallam then announced plans to make a second feature together, a farce called Struth, but the project was abandoned and Harwood spent the next few years in distribution. [1]

Cast

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References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p141