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A Blue Gum Romance
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Wikipedia article
'A Blue Gum Romance' is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.[https://archive.today/20120707182922/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=mystery%20of%20the%20black%20pearl;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Franklyn Barrett papers] at National Film and Sound Archive It is considered a lost film.
Plot
The film was described as "a Sensational Story of Love, jealousy and revenge".
Cast
*Tien Hogue as heroine
*Tom Middleton as hero
*Douglas Lotherington as aboriginal chief
Production
It was the first narrative film from the Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company.
The film was set in the timber industry area near Gosford and Wooy, although interiors were shot in Sydney. The aboriginal characters were played by white actors in blackface.
Filming was completed by July 1913.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 39.
Reception
The film was popular at the local box office and screened in England and the USA.Graham Shirley & Brian Adams, 'Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years', Angus and Robertson, 1989 p 59 A contemporary review said the film "seemed to find favour with the spectators."
The film was picked up for distribution in the US by the Essanay Company and "met with success".
References
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