Release date 6 April 1912 Country Australia People also search for Do Men Love Women? | Running time 1,800 feet Initial release 1912 Cast Charles Villiers | |
Language Silent filmEnglish intertitles Production company | ||
The Love Tyrant is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It was described as an "Australian drama about the back blocks" and a "stirring drama full of thrilling incidents". It was set during the early bushranging days.
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It is a lost film.
Plot
The story beings on Christmas Day at Farmer Morrison's home. Morrison's son, William, has been secretly married to Annie, the maid. Morrison wishes his son to marry Dora. When William tells him the truth he kicks out his son and wife.
Time passes and William owns a farm and has a son with Annie. On returning' one-night from his work, tired and hungry, he has a dispute with his wife, who threatens to leave. Troubled and worn out he falls a sleep and dreams a dream in which he imagines his wife has left him for another man.
A mail robbery occurs in the district and William and three stockmen are falsely accused. After his trial he returns to find his stock ruined. He runs away to the bush and becomes an outlaw. He is sentenced to death and as he is placed on the saccold he wakes up to find his wife at his side. He becomes reconciled to his father who proved the enemy of his dream.
Released
The movie was selected to open the new Glenferrie Theatre in Melbourne. In Sydney and Adelaide it was screened as Love, the Tyrant.