The Man Who Forgot (1927 film)

Last updated

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. [1] It is considered a lost film.

Contents

Harwood called it a "beautiful horrible failure." [2]

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. [3] [4]

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. [5] 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. [3]

Cast

References

  1. "ALL AUSTRALIAN PICTURES". The Sunbury News . No. 1732. Victoria, Australia. 2 April 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 21 September 2025 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "First talkie". Filmnews . Vol. 19, no. 9. New South Wales, Australia. 1 October 1989. p. 10. Retrieved 21 September 2025 via National Library of Australia.
  3. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998 p141
  4. "Starting With the South Seas.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 8 June 1927, nla.obj-570105098, retrieved 21 September 2025 via Trove
  5. ""Everyones" in Victoria. "Term of His Natural Life" No Good to Guthrie Geelong Mayor Champions Senator in "Great G-to-G Fight."", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 25 May 1927, nla.obj-570094436, retrieved 21 September 2025 via Trove