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The Eleventh Hour (1912 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Eleventh Hour' is a 1912 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film.
Plot
The script is based on a play "showing the adventures and vicissitudes in the life of a Girl Telegraphist".[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15325022> "Advertising." 'The Sydney Morning Herald' 13 April 1912]
The action consisted of four acts:
*Act 1 'Pangs of Jealousy'
*Act 2 'Bad Blood'
*Act 3 'The Distress Call'
*Act 4 'The Eleventh Hour'
Cast
*Cyril Mackay
*Sidney Stirling
*Leonard Willey
*Charles Lawrence
*Loris Brown
*Irby Marshall
Release
The film was shot in Sydney and released in that city in 1912. It screened in London in September 1913 under the title 'Saved by Telegram'.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 34.
The critic from 'The Sydney Morning Herald' said that "the story is a thrilling one, whilst the cinematographic work of Mr. Franklyn Barrett, the West expert, is particularly good."
References
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