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The Lost Chord (1911 film)
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'The Lost Chord' is a 1911 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on the famous song 'The Lost Chord' by Sir Arthur Sullivan.Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', 'Cinema Papers', JuneJuly 1980 p 214
It was one of several films Lincoln made with the Tait family, who had produced 'The Story of the Kelly Gang'.
Screenings were often accompanied by a singer who would perform the song.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 20. The film has been regarded as one of the earlier example of film-sound synchronisation.
It is now considered a lost film.
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