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Sentenced for Life
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Wikipedia article
'Sentenced for Life' is an Australian film directed by E. J. Cole. It was an adaptation of a play performed by Cole and his Bohemian Dramatic Company as early as 1904.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14593811 "BOHEMIAN DRAMATIC COMPANY." 'The Sydney Morning Herald' 18 Jan 1904: 3]. Retrieved 31 December 2011
It is considered a lost film.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 21.
Plot
A man is wrongly convicted and sentenced as a convict. According to a contemporary report, "Vivid convict scenes are enacted, ending with a revolt by the prisoners. There is a happy ending of wedding bells." It turns out the young man's rival was responsible and he is punished.
Chapter headings were:
*the Favourite;
*it did look suspicious
*the Blackmailer,
*Outlaw and the Child,
*Slight Breeze,
*Malaysia,
*General Commotion,
*Blighted Hopes,
*Manufacture of Almonds
Cast of theatre production
In 1911 the cast of a theatre production of the play in Geelong was listed as follows:
*E. I. Cole as Mr. Bertram,
*Mr. Frank Mills as Richard Hayward,
*W. S. Marshall as Jabez Ooh
*J. R. Wilson as Sammy Traddles
*Vene Linden as Mary Bertram
It is highly likely at least some of these actors repeated their performance in the film.
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