Directed by Raymond Longford Country Australia Director Raymond Longford Cinematography Franklyn Barrett | Release date 13 September 1913 Initial release 1913 Written by Raymond Longford Cast Lottie Lyell, Tien Hogue | |
Starring Lottie Lyell
Tien Hogue Language Silent film
English intertitles Production company Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company Similar The Midnight Wedding, The Bushwhackers, The Man They Could Not Hang, The Fatal Wedding | ||
Pommy Arrives in Australia is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. The director's first comedy, and the first purely comic feature made in Australia, it is considered a lost film.
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Synopsis
An English immigrant is caught up in a series of comic incidents in Australia due to a trio of local tomboys.
Cast
Production
There had been comic shorts made in Australia prior to this movie, such as Percy Gets a Job (1912) but this was the first feature-length comedy. Longford later went on to make the comedy short Ma Hogan's New Boarder.
Reception
The film only had a short run in cinemas and is among Longford's least known works.
References
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