| 词条 | The Bells (1911 film) |
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| name = The Bells | image = | caption = | director = W. J. Lincoln | producer = William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait | writer = W. J. Lincoln | based on = the play The Bells by Erckmann-Chatrian adapted by Leopold Lewis and W. J. Lincoln | starring = Arthur Styan Nellie Bramley | music = | cinematography = Orrie Perry | editing = | distributor = | studio = Amalgamated Pictures | released = 7 October 1911 (Melbourne)[1] | runtime = 4,000 feet[2] | language = Silent film English intertitles | country = Australia | budget =The Bells is a 1911 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It is based on the famous stage melodrama by Erckmann-Chatrian adapted by Leopold Lewis, which had been adapted for the Australian stage by Lincoln.[3][4] It is considered a lost film. PlotMathias (Arthur Styan) is an innkeeper in a village in Alsace, happily married to Catherine (Miss Grist) and with a daughter Annette (Nellie Bramley). However he is greatly in debt so on Christmas Day 1833 murders a Polish Jew (Mr Cullenane) who visits the inn for his gold. He uses this to pay off his debts and rise in society, becoming the burgomaster of the town – however he is always tormented by guilt. Fifteen years later on Christmas Day, Mathias becomes delirious and hears the sound of the Jew's sleigh bells. He dreams he is being tried for the murder and is found guilty. He awakes and dies, leaving his family none the wiser. Cast
ProductionThe film was an adaptation of a well known play and featured the only known screen appearance of stage actor Nellie Bramley.[5] It was shot partly on location of Mount Donna Buang in Victoria.[6] Sam Crews was the scenic artist, and John Ennis was the stage manager.[2] Stage scenery was hired from J.C. Williamson Ltd.[7] It was shot at a studio in St Kilda.[8]ReleaseScreenings of the film were often accompanied by a lectured from J Ennis, who was in the film. The film was released in the US in 1914 by Sawyers Inc.[9] References1. ^Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 214 2. ^1 {{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146462965 |title=The Picture World. |newspaper=Table Talk |location=Melbourne |date=8 September 1927 |accessdate=18 June 2015 |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia}} 3. ^Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 174 4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article146462965 |title=The Picture World. |newspaper=Table Talk |location=Melbourne |date=8 September 1927 |accessdate=26 October 2014 |page=29 |via=National Library of Australia}} 5. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50339346 |title=LIFE & LETTERS. |newspaper=The West Australian |location=Perth |date=4 May 1946 |accessdate=16 September 2013 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}} 6. ^Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 25. 7. ^"Film Year Book: The 1922–23 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures" p 171 accessed 24 June 2015 8. ^{{Citation | | title=Everyones | publication-date=1920 | publisher=Everyones Ltd | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-582817248 | accessdate=15 March 2019}} 9. ^http://lantern.mediahist.org/catalog/motionp09moti_0377 External links
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