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The Eleventh Hour
Directed byFranklyn Barrett[1]
Based onplay by Leonard Willey
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Production
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Release date
  • 13 April 1912 (1912-04-13)
CountryAustralia
Languages

The Eleventh Hour is a 1912 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film.[2][3]

Plot

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The script is based on a play "showing the adventures and vicissitudes in the life of a Girl Telegraphist".[4]

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

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  • Cyril Mackay[5]
  • Sidney Stirling
  • Leonard Willey
  • Charles Lawrence
  • Loris Brown
  • Irby Marshall

Production

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Of Sydney Stirling, Barrett wrote "I never knew an actor so responsive to direction, so keen to size up a situation and command it.” [6]

Production

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The cast worked for JC Williamsons.[7]

Release

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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.[8]

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."[9]

The Sun called it "pne of the finest pictures yet shown under the West Ltd., management. Tlie play itself, too, has much to recommend it, especially since the - Jove-story- running through it is not. of a maudlin charaoter. The piece is splendidly acted."[7]

References

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  1. ^ "PRODUCTION OF MOVING PICTURES-- IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "BERNHARDT AT WEST'S THEATRES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 168. New South Wales, Australia. 13 April 1912. p. 21. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "WEST'S PICTURES". Sunday Times. No. 1369. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ > "Advertising." The Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 1912
  5. ^ "WEST'S PICTURES". Truth. No. 1082. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "ALONG FILM ROW.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 16 July 1930, nla.obj-562183768, retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Trove
  7. ^ a b "FILM FACTS AND FANCIES". The Sun. No. 472. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 34.
  9. ^ "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 April 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 18 September 2013.
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