Directed by Alfred Rolfe Running time 2,000 feet | Release date 16 October 1911 Country Australia | |
Based on novel Caloola by Clement Pratt Production
company Australian Photo-Play Company | ||
Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe based on a novel published the previous year by Clement Pratt.
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It is considered a lost film.
Plot
An Englishman, Charlie Hargreaves, is falsely accused of an embezzlement and goes to Australia, where he finds work as a jackeroo at Caloola Station. He falls in love with Hilda, the station owner's daughter, but they are both captured by aboriginals.
The girl's parents arrange a search party and come to the rescue, but the chief of the tribe takes the girl. He is about to throw her over a cliff when the jackeroo comes to the rescue. He encounters a bushfire and manages to escape death in a watery grave.
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Release
The movie was advertised as being available for release on 4 October 1911.
The bushfire sequence was heavily promoted in advertising.
One report said the film had been "a strong draw".