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The Lure of the Bush
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Wikipedia article
'The Lure of the Bush' is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It is considered a lost film.
Synopsis
Hugh Mostyn (Snowy Baker) is sent from his family station to England for an education and returns to Australia years later as a "gentleman", complete with a white suit and monocle. He seeks work as a jackeroo and is teased by station hands who pretend to hold him up as bushrangers, but he beats them all up. He also breaks in a wild brumby, takes part in a kangaroo hunt, defeats the station bully (Colin Bell) in a boxing match, wins the heart of the manager's daughter, and later rescues her from a rejected suitor.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12381357 "THE LURE OF THE BUSH."] 'The Mercury' (Hobart) 25 January 1919: 11, retrieved 18 December 2011
Colin Bell was a real-life boxer and his on-screen fight with Baker went for five minutes.[http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Colin_Bell Colin Bell boxing record]
Cast
*Snowy Baker as Hugh Mostyn
*John Faulkner
*Rita Tress as Trixie Stanley
*Claude Flemming as Harry Darvell
*Colin Bell
*Joan Baker as rider
Production
The script was the prize winner in a competition held by the 'Bulletin'.
The film was shot in a property near Gunnedah.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63122275 "THEATRE ROYAL." 'The Register' (Adelaide) 9 Dec 1919: 9]. Retrieved 18 December 2011 The female lead, Rita Tress, was a real life squatter's daughter.
Baker visited Hollywood in 1919 and re-shot some sequences there at Jesse Lasky's studios for its American release.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60534557 "AUSTRALIAN FILMS." 'The Register' (Adelaide) 6 Jan 1919: 9]. Retrieved 18 December 2011
References
The film was enormously popular and earned an estimated 20,000 in profit.
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