The Double Event (1911 film)
The Double Event | |
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Directed by | W. J. Lincoln |
Written by | W. J. Lincoln[2] |
Based on | novel by Nat Gould |
Produced by | William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait |
Starring | The Bland Holt Company |
Cinematography | Orrie Perry |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 3,000 feet[3] |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Double Event is a 1911 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on the first novel by Nat Gould, which had been adapted several times for the stage, notably by Bland Holt.[4]
It was one of several films Lincoln made with the Tait family, who had produced The Story of the Kelly Gang.[5]
It is considered a lost film.
Plot[edit]
Jack Drayton discovers his brother is an attempted murderer but won't expose him out of fear of ruining the family name. He leaves England in secrecy and starts a new life in Australia under the name of Jack Marston. He falls in love with Edith the daughter of a Sydney bookmaker, John Kingdon. He enters his horse, Caloola, in the Melbourne Cup and it wins, despite the attempts of evil Fletcher.
Fletcher later shoots a lady he is trying to blackmail and is chased across town but is eventually cornered in Chinatown and falls to his death. Jack marries Edith and returns to England.[6]
Cast[edit]
- The Bland Holt Company
- Martyn Hagen[7]
Production[edit]
The story was based on an 1891 novel by Nat Gould, The Double Event, or A Tale of the Melbourne Cup. This had been successfully adapted for the stage in Australia in 1893 by George Darrell[8] and Bland Holt. Holt's company had disbanded in 1909 and his actors performed in the movie. Several scenes were shot at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.[9]
Other scenes were shot at a studio in St Kilda. Assisting Lincoln was Sam Crew.[10]
Release[edit]
The film was released in Melbourne on Caulfield Cup Day 1911. In November 1911 The Bulletin wrote that "At the Glaciarium (Melb.). last week, the Taits unreeled a long photodrama of "The Double Event", adapted by W.J. Lincoln. This up-to-date local production seems intended to educate the guileless in the ways of horses and the wiles of villains."[11]
References[edit]
- ^ Mary Bateman, 'W.J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 214
- ^ "THE PLAYGOER". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 – 1918; 1925). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 October 1911. p. 36. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
- ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 6 March 1912. p. 3 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 9 March 1912. p. 9 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Endean, Lin (13 December 1933). "134 Years in the Industry: The Perrys' Record identifier". Everyones. p. 44.
- ^ 'The Double Event' at www.natgould.org
- ^ "LIFE & LETTERS". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 4 May 1946. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ Eric Irvin, Gentleman George: King of Melodrama, University of Qld, 1980 p 182-183
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 27.
- ^ "Sam Crew Enters 'When London Sleeps' Controversy". Everyones. 12 October 1932. p. 19.
- ^ "SUNDRY SHOWS". The Bulletin. 2 November 1911. p. 2.
External links[edit]
- The Double Event at IMDb
- The Double Event at AustLit
- The Double Event at National Film and Sound Archive
- Page on the book at Nat Gould's website
- 1911 films
- Australian black-and-white films
- Australian silent feature films
- Australian horse racing films
- Lost Australian films
- 1910s sports films
- Films directed by W. J. Lincoln
- 1910s English-language films
- 1911 lost films
- Lost sports films
- Silent sports films
- English-language sports films
- 1910s Australian films
- Australian films based on novels
- Silent Australian film stubs