The Triumph of Love (1922 film)

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The Triumph of Love
Directed by P. J. Ramster
Produced by P. J. Ramster
Starring Jack Chalmers
Coo-ee Knight
CinematographyJack Bruce
E.R. Jeffree
Production
company
P. J. Ramster Photoplays
Release date
  • 24 June 1922 (1922-06-24) [1]
CountryAustralia
Language Silent (English intertitles)

The Triumph of Love is a 1922 Australian silent film directed by P. J. Ramster. It is a South Seas romance starring Jack Chalmers, a Sydney lifesaver who was famous at the time for trying to save a swimmer from a shark. [2]

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It is considered to be a lost film.

Plot

Four men and a young woman (Coo-ee Knight) are shipwrecked on an island in the South Seas. The men fight over the woman. [3]

Production

The film was shot in April 1922, with interiors filmed the Palmerston studio in Waverley, and some location work in Queensland. [4] [5] The female lead Coo-Ee Knight was from Hobart. [6]

References

  1. "TO-DAY". The Sydney Morning Herald . National Library of Australia. 24 June 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. "FOOTLIGHT FLASHES". The Truth . Sydney: National Library of Australia. 18 June 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. "AMUSEMENTS". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 18 September 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  4. "MAJESTIC". The Brisbane Courier . National Library of Australia. 5 June 1925. p. 19. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  5. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 112.
  6. "PALACE THEATRE". The Mercury . Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 20 September 1922. p. 9. Retrieved 2 June 2012.