Directed by W. J. Lincoln Running time 3,000 feet Director W. J. Lincoln Written by W. J. Lincoln | Production
company Lincoln-Cass Films Initial release 1913 Production company Lincoln-Cass Films Cinematography Maurice Bertel | |
Based on the painting The Crisis by Frank Dicksee Starring The Lincoln Cass Performers Release date 27 October 1913 (Melbourne)
1 December 1913 (Sydney) Cast Godfrey Cass, Roy Redgrave People also search for The Reprieve, The Road to Ruin | ||
The Crisis is an Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It was inspired by a painting, The Crisis by Frank Dicksee, and is considered a lost film.
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Plot
Nellie Owen is happily married to fisherman John, with whom she has a child, until a philanderer, Frank, convinces her that her husband is unfaithful. She runs away to the city with Frank, where she assists him extracting money from the rich in society, but after a while is consumed by guilt and wants to return home. After an argument with Frank, she arrives in time to help nurse her sick child through a serious illness, and is reunited with her forgiving husband.
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The Painting was purchased by the Melbourne Art Gallery in 1891.
Reception
The Referee said the "scenic settings... are very fine including some effective seascapes."