How McDougall Topped the Score

How McDougall Topped the Score
Directed by Victor Upton-Brown
Written by Victor Upton Brown
Based on poem by Thomas Edward Spencer
Starring Leslie Gordon
Production
company
Pacific Screen Plays[1]
Release dates
 10 November 1924
Running time
 5 reels
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles
Budget ₤800[2]

How McDougall Topped the Score is a 1924 Australian silent film directed by Victor Upton-Brown. It is based on a famous poem by Thomas Edward Spencer about a cricket match won when a dog steals a ball, enabling the batting team to score plenty of runs.[2]

It is considered a lost film.

Plot

A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's Flat and Molonglo. They placed a bet for the other team to pay for the lunch after the game. When Pipers Flat needs one more player, they ask Old McDougal if he could help them out. When the game started Molongo started a winning streak and pipers flat gave up hope they'll win. But when McDougal came on to the pitch and hit the ball his dog Pincher comes out on the field enabling Dougal To score 50 runs in the game to win

Cast

Production

The film was shot in the Melbourne suburb of Ashburton and on location in the Dandenong Ranges.[3] It was the first feature from Pacific Screen Plays, an Australian and New Zealand company.[4]

Release

The film was previewed in October and made its debut in Adelaide on 10 November 1924 to coincide with the first match between the South Australian cricket team and a visiting English side.[5] However it does not appear to have had a wide release.[2]

References

  1. ↑ ""HOW McDOUGAL TOPPED THE SCORE.".". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 3 November 1924. p. 11. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 123.
  3. ↑ "ITEMS OF INTEREST.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 9 October 1924. p. 10. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "HOW McDOUGAL TOPPED THE SCORE.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 10 November 1924. p. 11. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  5. ↑ ""HOW McDOUGAL TOPPED THE SCORE.".". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931) (Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia). 4 November 1924. p. 15. Retrieved 31 July 2012.

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