Home | Movies By Year | Movies from 1911
The Sundowner (1911 film)
Buy The Sundowner (1911 film) now from AmazonFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the movie. And once you've experienced the movie, tell everyone what you thought about it.
Wikipedia article
'The Sundowner' is an Australian film shot in Victoria.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64349966 "Advertising." 'The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times' (Tas.) 2 Nov 1911: 3]. Retrieved 31 December 2011 Set in the Australian bush, it was billed as "a romance with many startling adventures".[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article19695108 "Advertising."] 'The Brisbane Courier' 23 August 1911: 2, retrieved 31 December 2011
It is not known who directed the movie, but it may have been E. J. Cole as it featured his Bohemian Dramatic Company.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 23.
It is considered a lost film.
Plot
A farmer refuses to let his daughter marry her admirer until he can show he can take care of her. The admirer turns out to be a villain. The girl marries a neighbouring squatter and they have a baby. The scorned admirer returns after a few years seeking revenge. He kidnaps the baby and there is a chase.
Cast
*Vera Remee
*Frank R. Mills
*Bohemian Dramatic Company
Production
The film was shot in Victoria.
Reception
According to contemporary reports, the film was well received by audiences in a number of states.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50492500 "THE NEW PRINCESS."] 'The Examiner' (Launceston, Tas.) 9 Sep 1911: 5 Edition: DAILY Retrieved 31 December 2011 The Launceston 'Daily Telegraph' said the film was "cleverly acted with the scenes cleanly depicted."
Another report said:
'The Sundowner' is a capital story of unbounded interest and excitement. The life in the Never, Never country, with its awesome loneliness and characteristic beauty, is defined throughout the lengthy picture with such incredible exactness that with small imagination the spectator is carried direct to the spot. "The Sundowner", being one of Pathe Freres' first efforts in dramatic photography in our country, particular care has been paid in making it a pronounced success. Localities were explored and carefully considered, the site of operations being ultimately found out in the far west. A company of the first rank of colonial actors was selected to assume the many characters involved, and a staff of skilled photographic operators was deputed to carefully absorb this delightful dramatic story into photographic form for presentation to the many to whom this class of picture appeals
References
Buy The Sundowner (1911 film) now from Amazon
<-- Return to movies from 1911