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The Hordern Mystery
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Wikipedia article
'The Hordern Mystery' is a 1920 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell based on an 1889 novel by Edmund Finn (son of Edmund Finn). Unlike many Australian silent films, it still survives today.
Plot
Money-hungry Gilbert Hordern is married to an adoring wife and has a child. He pretends to be his own evil twin brother so he can marry a millionaire's daughter. He succeeds but is wracked with guilt and confesses. He wakes up and realises it was all a dream.
Cast
*Claude Turton as Gilbert Hordern
*Flo Little as Midge Hordern
*Floris St George as Laura Yellaboyce
*Godfrey Cass as Dan Yellaboyce
*Thomas Sinclair as Peter Mull
*Beatrice Hamilton as Mrs Mull
*David Edelsten
Production
The film was shot in suburban Sydney in mid 1920 under the title 'The Golden Flame'. Commercial reception appears to have been poor.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 102.
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