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After Sundown (1911 film)
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Wikipedia article
'After Sundown' is a 1911 Australian film directed by W. J. Lincoln set in the Australian bush.
According to Lincoln's obituary in 'The Bulletin' it was one of Lincoln's best films.
Only six minutes of the film survive today.[https://archive.today/20120715053730/http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=amalgamated%20pictures;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 'After Sundown'] at National Film and Sound Archive
Plot
Two men fight over the same woman. The villain taunts the hero with the fact he has won her, until an old man appears and shoots the villain dead. It turns out the old man was the father of a girl "ruined" by the villain.
Cast
*Leslie Woods as Gilbert Baxter
*Godfrey Cass as Western Moore
Production
The film was based on a one-act 1896 play by W.J. Lincoln. According to a press account the aim was to "realise the ideal of a bush story which shall be true to actual life in Australia, sweet and natural in its atmosphere, dealing with type of chnracter which are to be found in the wayback country."
It was a film from Amalgamated Pictures and was shot in September 1911 at their studios in St Kilda as well as on location at Healesville, outside Melbourne, and Coranderrk Mission Station.
Reception
The film was never released.
References
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