Directed by Raymond Longford Based on novel by E. V. Timms Release date 27 November 1926 Director Raymond Longford Production company Australasian Films | Written by E. V. Timms Starring Dorothy Gordon Initial release 1926 Story by E. V. Timms Cinematography Arthur Higgins | |
Production
company Australasian Films
A Master Picture Cast Gordon Collingridge, Dorothy Gordon Similar The Bushwhackers, The Midnight Wedding, The Fatal Wedding, The Man They Could Not Hang | ||
Hills of Hate is a 1926 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford, based on the debut novel by E. V. Timms, who also did the screenplay. It is considered a lost film.
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Synopsis
A feud exists between two outback families, the Blakes and the Ridgeways, caused by Sam Ridgeway having married a woman Jim Blake was in love with. The feud goes on for over thirty years. Blake's eldest son, also called Jim (Gordon Collingridge) returns from being away for ten years and falls in love with Ridgeway's daughter Ellen (Dorothy Gordon). Matters are complicated by Sam Ridgeway's villainous overseer, Cummins (Big Bill Wilson).
Cast
Original Novel
E. V. Timms' original novel was published in 1925.
Production
Shooting began in March 1926 and went for around five weeks, mostly on location in Gloucester, New South Wales.
The female lead, Dorothy Gordon, had worked in Hollywood for six years and did art direction on For the Term of His Natural Life (1927). She and later became a radio commentator and newspaper columnist under the name of Andrea.
'Big' Bill Wilson was a professional boxer before being discovered by a casting agent at the Sydney Stadium and cast in Tall Timber (1927).
Raymond Longford's son Victor served as associate producer.
Reception
The Northern Times said Collingridge played his role "with a skill remarkable in such a young actor, whilst Dorothy Gordon's portrayal is a powerfully competing proof of her ability."
The film was not a success at the box office – although it was screening in cinemas as late as 1933 – and it was several years before Longford managed to direct another feature, The Man They Could Not Hang (1934). This turned out to be his last movie as director.