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The Shadow of Lightning Ridge

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Directed by
  
Wilfred Lucas

Initial release
  
1921

Written by
  
Bess Meredyth

Cast
  
Snowy Baker, Agnes Vernon

Distributed by
  
Aywon Pictures (US)

Director
  
Wilfred Lucas

Cinematography
  
Robert Doerrer

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Produced by
  
E.J. Carroll Snowy Baker

Starring
  
Snowy Baker Agnes Vernon

Production company
  
Carroll-Baker Australian Productions

Release date
  
3 April 1920 (Australia) 13 September 1921 (US)

Producers
  
Snowy Baker, E. J. Carroll

Similar
  
Trooper O'Brien, Captain Starlight - or Gentlema, Captain Midnight - the Bush, When the Kellys Rode, Robbery Under Arms

The Shadow of Lightning Ridge is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It is now considered a lost film.

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Synopsis

An Australian (Snowy Baker) sent to England for university education discovers that his mother has been victimised by a powerful squatter, Sir Edward Marriott (Wilfred Lucas). He returns to Australia and becomes a bushranger known as 'The Shadow', who only attacks Sir Edward's property. One day he rescues Sir Edward's fiancee, Dorothy (Agnes Vernon), from real bushrangers and falls in love with her. Later on he discovers he is the real heir to Sir Edward's property.

Cast

  • Snowy Baker as the Shadow
  • Agnes Vernon as Dorothy Harden
  • Bernice Vere as Portuguese Annie
  • Wilfred Lucas as Sir Edward Marriott
  • Production

    The script was clearly inspired by Zorro, which Bess Meredyth later adapted in The Mark of Zorro (1940). After reading the script and seeing the stunts he was required to perform, Baker reportedly went out and insured himself for £5,000.

    Shooting took place in early 1920 in the bush near Sydney and a studio built by E.J. Carroll at Palmerston near Waverly. A highlight of the film was Snowy Baker on horseback jumping 40 metres off a cliff.

    Reception

    The film was a success at the Australian box office and was released in the US.

    References

    The Shadow of Lightning Ridge Wikipedia