A Blue Gum Romance

A Blue Gum Romance
Directed by Franklyn Barrett
Written by Franklyn Barrett
Starring Tien Hogue
Cinematography Franklyn Barrett
Production
company
Release dates
20 September 1913
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

A Blue Gum Romance is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.[1] It is considered a lost film.

Production

The film was set in the timber industry area near Gosford, although interiors were shot in Sydney. The aboriginal characters were played by white actors in blackface.

Cast

Production

Filming was completed by July 1913.[2]

It was the first narrative film from the Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company.

Reception

The film was popular at the local box office and screened in England and the USA.[3]

References

  1. Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
  2. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 39.
  3. Graham Shirley & Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Angus and Robertson, 1989 p 59

External links

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