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Directed by W. J. Lincoln Distributed by Tait's Pictures Director W. J. Lincoln Written by W. J. Lincoln | 4/10 IMDb Initial release 1911 Production company Amalgamated Pictures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Produced by William GibsonMillard JohnsonJohn TaitNevin Tait Based on stage adaptation by Mark Blow and Ida Molesworth of the novel The Luck of Roaring Camp by Francis Bret Harte Starring Ethel BuckleyRobert InmanGeorge Marlow's Dramatic Company People also search for Called Back, The Lost Chord | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Luck of Roaring Camp is a 1911 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln now considered a lost film.
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The luck of roaring camp by bret harte
Plot
On the California goldfields, Will Gordin is falsely accused of murder and is about to be lynched when his girlfriend rides to the rescue. Scenes included:
Cast
Production
It was based on a stage adaptation of the story by Francis Bret Harte which had proved popular with Australian audiences as performed by George Marlow's Dramatic Company since 1910.
The partnership of Millard Johnson and Willard Gibson decided to make a film version.
The George Marlow company provided the cast for the film, with the lead played by Marlow's wife Ethel Buckley. A cast of over a hundred was reportedly used.
Reception
The movie premiered at the Glacarium Theatre in Melbourne then the Palace in Sydney. It followed the release of Lincoln's earlier film The Mystery of the Hansom Cab.
Reviews were generally strong. The critic from the Sydney Morning Herald called it:
A thrilling story without words that is complete in itself without the words and that makes the drama more realistic than ever it could be on a stage without the aid of the pictures. The play has been carefully selected for this method of portrayal because it teems with exciting episodes and thrilling incidents in the life of the hard-living westerners. One part in particular that could never be seen on a stage without the camera is the splendid exhibition of horsemanship shown by a team of rough riders who were specifically employed for the purpose... almost every foot of it [the film] is bristling with exciting incidents.