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The Sealed Room (1926 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Sealed Room' is a 1926 Australian silent film directed by and starring Arthur Shirley. It is considered a lost film.
Synopsis
Paul Craig (Arthur Shirley) is an aviator-inventor who becomes blind due to overwork. He stumbles into a room as a person is being killed by foreign agents who decide to let Craig live because he cannot identify them. The murder is part of a plot to overthrow the monarchy of fictional Ruvania. Paul regains his sight and marries Angela (Grace Glover), whose brother was killed by the gang, and who is the ward of Carlo Gelmini (George Bryant), head of the gang. Angela lost her memory with the shock of her brother's death but manages to recover it and help Paul save Ruvania.
Cast
*Arthur Shirley as Paul Craig
*Grace Glover as Angela Scardon
*George Bryant as Carlo Gelmini
*Nellie Ferguson as Della Giovanna
*Cora Warner
*Leslie Woods
*Cecil Scott
*Carlton Stuart
*Eric Harrison
*Muriel Veck
*John Bruce
*Harry Halley
*Walter Bentley
Production
Filming began in May 1925 at Australasian Films' studio in Rushcutters Bay and on location in the Blue Mountains. One scene included a recreation of William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar'.
Release
The film was poorly reviewed and not a success at the box office. Shirley was unable to make his planned version of J. H. M. Abbott's novel 'Castle Vane' called '1840'. He left Australia and went to England and Rhodesia to launch a new production company.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, 'Australian Film 19001977: A Guide to Feature Film Production', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 133.
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