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'The Mark of the Lash' is a 1911 Australian silent film. It is a convict-era melodrama made by the husband-and-wife team of John and Agnes Gavin.

Plot



The movie broke into the following chapters:

#Love's Young Dream.

#An Insult. The Traitor.

#The Secret Marriage. Arrest of Dennis Blake.

#Transported for Life.

#Botany Bay Settlement.

#On the Triangle. The Recognition.

#The Mark of the Lash.

#The Confession. Kind-Hearted Warder.

#A Sensational Escape.

#A Cold Bath. The Police Baffled.

#Black Sal's Strategy.

#Rescue of the Governor's Daughter.

#Acquitted.

#A Good Friend. The Dismissal of Captain Morley.

Cast



*John Gavin

Production



It was the only movie Gavin made for the Australian Photo-Play Company, and was the last of four he had made in association with Stanley Crick and Herbert Finlay before setting up his own company in July 1911.Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, 'Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years', Currency Press 1989 p 40

The movie was announced as being completed and available for screening by July 1911, but does not appear to have been released until the following year.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 22.

Release



During a screening in Toowoomba an Irish member of the audience took exception to a scene where a convict was being flogged and attacked the screen before being guided back to his seat.

References




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