| The Squatter and the Clown | |
|---|---|
 Bendigo Advertiser 17 Feb 1913 | |
| Directed by | E. I. Cole |
| Starring | Bohemian Dramatic Company [1] |
Production company | Australian Biograph [2] |
Release date |
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| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Squatter and the Clown is a 1911 Australian silent film. [4] It was one of a series of films made by Edward Irham Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company. [5]
It is considered a lost film.
According to a contemporary report "this is said to be a typical story, of the bush, telling the touching story, of a strolling player's devotion to his wife. The play is produced in 15 scenes." [6]
In New Zealand the film was described as a "New Zealand bush drama". [7]
The Adelaide Advertiser called it a "dramatic film of high merit." [8]
In 1913 a number of Bohemian Pictures filmed screened on the one program. [9]
William Joseph Lincoln was an Australian playwright, theatre manager, film director and screenwriter in the silent era. He produced, directed and/or wrote 23 films between 1911 and 1916.
John F. Gavin was a pioneer Australian film actor and director, one of the early filmmakers of the 1910s. He is best known for making films about bushrangers such as Captain Thunderbolt, Captain Moonlite, Ben Hall and Frank Gardiner. Known informally as 'Jack', Gavin worked in collaboration with his wife Agnes, who scripted many of his films.
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Edward Irham Cole was an Australian theatrical entrepreneur and film director whose productions represented a synthesis of Wild West show and stage melodrama. He managed a theatre company, called the Bohemian Dramatic Company, that performed in semi-permanent and temporary tent theatres. During 1910 and 1911 Cole directed a number of silent films, adapted from his stage plays and using actors from his theatre company.
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