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词条 The Life of a Jackeroo
释义

  1. Plot

  2. Cast

  3. Production

  4. Reception

  5. References

  6. External links

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| director = Franklyn Barrett
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| writer = J. H. Wainwright
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| starring = Tien Hogue
Tom Middleton
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| cinematography = Franklyn Barrett
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| studio = Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company
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| released = 28 July 1913
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| language = Silent film
English intertitles
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The Life of a Jackeroo is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.[1] It is considered a lost film.

Plot

A young Englishman (Tom Middleton) leaves his actress girlfriend (Ruth Wainwright) to seek an experience in Australia.[2] He works as a jackeroo on a property and falls in love with the daughter (Tien Hogue) of a wealthy squatter. They are happy until the actress arrives and joins forces with an evil overseer. They persuade some local aborigines to raid the squatter's home and capture the Englishman. The squatter's daughter rides to the rescue and a loyal aboriginal helps saves the day.

Cast

  • Tom Middleton as the Englishman
  • Tien Hogue as the squatter's daughter
  • Ruth Wainwright as the actress

Production

The film was made immediately after A Blue Gum Romance using the same locations, much of the same cast and some of the same incidents.[3]

Screenings were often accompanied by a lecturer.[4]

Reception

The film was popular at the local box office and screened in England and the USA.[5]

References

1. ^Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
2. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5800447 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=8 September 1913 |accessdate=21 April 2012 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
3. ^Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 39
4. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75288096 |title=MONARCH PICTURES. |newspaper=The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate |location=NSW |date=20 January 1914 |accessdate=21 April 2012 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
5. ^Graham Shirley & Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Angus and Robertson, 1989 p 59

External links

  • {{IMDb title|id=0354703/}}
  • The Life of a Jackerook at National Film and Sound Archive
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