Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo

Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo
Directed by	Alfred Rolfe
Based on	novel Caloola by Clement Pratt[1]
Production company	Australian Photo-Play Company
Release dates	16 October 1911[2]
Running time	2,000 feet[3]
Country	Australia
Language	Silent film English intertitles

Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe based on a novel published the previous year by Clement Pratt.^[4][5]

It is considered a lost film.^[6]

Plot

An Englishman, Charlie Hargreaves, is falsely accused of an embezzlement and goes to Australia, where he finds work as a jackeroo at Caloola Station. He falls in love with Hilda, the station owner's daughter, but they are both captured by aboriginals.

The girl's parents arrange a search party and come to the rescue, but the chief of the tribe takes the girl. He is about to throw her over a cliff when the jackeroo comes to the rescue. He encounters a bushfire and manages to escape death in a watery grave.^[7][8][9]

Chapter headings were:

• Falsely' accused, Dismissed,
• A stranger in a strange land,
• The Jackeroo,
• At Caloola,
• Mutual admiration,
• The bush fire,
• The' alarm,
• At the point of death,
• A timely rescue,
• Love's awakening,
• A cowardly assault,
• Captured by Black,
• Saved from a watery grave,
• Off for the honeymoon.^[10]

Cast

• Charles Villiers

Release

The movie was advertised as being available for release on 4 October 1911.^[11]

The bushfire sequence was heavily promoted in advertising.^[12]

One report said the film had been "a strong draw".^[13]

References

1. "A BUSH DRAMA.". The Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 13 August 1910. p. 4. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
2. "Advertising.". The Evening News (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 16 October 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
3. "EMPRESS OPEN-AIR GARDEN.". Williamstown Chronicle (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 4 November 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
4. ""CALOOLA.".". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 13 August 1910. p. 5. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
5. "ON AN AUSTRALIAN STATION.". Western Mail (Perth: National Library of Australia). 24 September 1910. p. 50. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
6. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 28
7. "SAYERS'S PICTURES.". The Barrier Miner (Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia). 26 January 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
8. "EARL'S COURT.". The Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 5 June 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
9. "STAR COURT.". Daily Mercury (Mackay, Qld.: National Library of Australia). 20 May 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
10. "Picture Shows.". Williamstown Chronicle (Vic.: National Library of Australia). 20 January 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
11. "Advertising.". The Referee (Sydney: National Library of Australia). 4 October 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
12. "Advertising.". The Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 15 January 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
13. "EMPIRE THEATRE.". Daily Herald (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 20 January 1912. p. 10. Retrieved 17 May 2015.

External links

• Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo at the Internet Movie Database
• Caloola, or the Adventures of a Jackeroo film at AustLit
• Original novel at AustLit