The Rushing Tide

The Rushing Tide is a 1927 Australian silent film about the search for a hoard of diamonds. It was not a success at the box office and is considered a lost film.[4]

The Rushing Tide
Directed by	Gerald M. Hayle
Produced by	Gerald M. Hayle
Written by	Gerald M. Hayle
Starring	Beth Darvall
Cinematography	Tasman Higgins
Production company	Koala Films[1]
Release date	19 October 1927 (preview)[2] 5 February 1928[3]
Running time	6,500 feet
Country	Australia
Language	Silent film English intertitles

Plot

Harold Wilson inherits a map showing the location of a hoard of diamonds. He sets out to find them with Howard Morrison and his wife. On a lonely stretch of the coast they meet Ruth Jeffries and her father, a fugitive from the police, who has the diamonds. Howard steals the diamonds, kills Jeffries, abducts Ruth, and puts Harold and his wife in an open boat out to sea. Mrs Morrison dies but Harold is rescued. He tracks down Ruth, saves her from Howard – who has discovered the diamonds are worthless – and marries Ruth.[4]

Cast

• Beth Darvall as Ruth Jeffries
• Norman Lee as Harold Wilson
• Irish Roderick as Mrs Morrison
• Godfrey Cass as Howard Morrison
• Eardley Turner as Jeffries
• Dora Mostyn
• Edwin Lester
• Barry Lock
• Brian Ewart
• W. Lane Bayliff

Production

The film reunited director Gerald Hayle with Beth Darvall, the star of his previous film, Environment (1927). It was shot in July 1927 partly in an old cinema in the Melbourne suburb of Glenhuntly which had been converted into a studio, with location work done near Portsea, Victoria, at Sorrento, Beauamris and Black Bock, Melbourne.[4][5]

Release

Hayle announced plans to make another movie with Darvall, The Sanctuary.[6] It does not appear to have been made, but they worked together again on Tiger Island (1930).

References

1. "MAKING MOVIES AUSTRALIA". The Herald (16, 033). Victoria, Australia. 6 October 1928. p. 17. Retrieved 26 April 2019 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "ENTERTAINMENTS". The Argus. Melbourne. 20 October 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 5 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "AMUSEMENTS". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 4 February 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 5 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
4. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 141.
5. "No title". Western Mail. Perth. 15 December 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 5 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia. Cite uses generic title (help)
6. "The Mainland Day by Day". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 26 November 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2012 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• The Rushing Tide at IMDb