The Swagman's Story

The Swagman's Story is a 1914 short film directed by Raymond Longford. Although considered a lost film, it is likely that it was a low-budget support feature.[3]

The Swagman's Story
Directed byRaymond Longford
Written byViolet Pettengel[1]
StarringLottie Lyell
CinematographyTasman Higgins
Production
company
Commonwealth Film Producing Company
Distributed byFraser Film Company
Release date
2 March 1914[2]
Running time
2,000 feet
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles

Plot

A swagman arrives on the scene of the breakdown of a motor car and tells the honeymooning drivers that he's never liked motor cars as they've never done him any good. He then goes on to explain why – ten years earlier he was living happily with his wife and pretty daughter (Lottie Lyell). Then the daughter marries a "swell city cove" and she becomes a member of the high society set, refusing to meet her unsophisticated mother. The mother is killed by a motor car and the father takes to drink and becomes a swagman.[4]

Cast

  • Lottie Lyell
  • J Martin
  • C Stevenson
  • G Corti
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References

  1. "MOVING PICTURES". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 15 April 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  2. "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
  3. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 46
  4. "PRINCESS COURT THEATRE". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 13 November 1916. p. 4. Retrieved 15 January 2012.


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