The Hordern Mystery
Appearance
The Hordern Mystery | |
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Directed by | Harry Southwell |
Written by | M.F. Gatwood |
Based on | novel by Edmund Finn |
Produced by | Harry Southwell |
Starring | Claude Turton Flo Little |
Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
Production company | Southwell Screen Plays |
Release date |
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Running time | 5,600 feet |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Hordern Mystery is a 1920 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell based on an 1889 novel by Edmund Finn (son of Edmund Finn). Unlike many Australian silent films, it still survives today.
Plot
[edit]Money-hungry Gilbert Hordern is married to an adoring wife and has a child. He pretends to be his own evil twin brother so he can marry a millionaire's daughter. He succeeds but is wracked with guilt and confesses. He wakes up and realises it was all a dream.
Cast
[edit]- Claude Turton as Gilbert Hordern
- Flo Little as Midge Hordern
- Floris St George as Laura Yellaboyce
- Godfrey Cass as Dan Yellaboyce
- Thomas Sinclair as Peter Mull
- Beatrice Hamilton as Mrs Mull
- David Edelsten
Production
[edit]The film was shot in suburban Sydney in mid 1920 under the title The Golden Flame. Commercial reception appears to have been poor.[2]
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