The Woman in the Case (1916 Australian film)

The Woman in the Case is a 1916 Australian silent film based on a popular play of the same name by Clyde Fitch.

The Woman in the Case
Directed byGeorge Willoughby
Produced byGeorge Willoughby
Based onplay by Clyde Fitch
StarringJean Robertson
Production
company
Willoughby's Photo-plays
Distributed byEureka Films
Release date
2 May 1916 (preview)[1]
3 July 1916[2]
Running time
6,000 feet[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles

It is considered a lost film.[3]

Plot

Julian Rolfe has an affair with Clare Foster as a young man, but then settles down to marriage with Margaret. Clare tries to blackmail Julian but Margaret destroys the letters. Clare murders Julian's ward, Phillip, and tries to frame Julian for it. Julian is sentenced to death but Margaret manages to get Clare to confess.

Cast
  • Jean Robertson as Margaret Rolfe
  • Loris Bingham as Clare Foster
  • Fred Knowles as Julian Rolfe
  • Herbert J Bentley as Phillip Long
  • Winter Hall
  • David Edelsten
  • Austin Milroy

Production

George Willoughby had toured with the play though Australia in 1911 and 1912 to great success.[4][5] Over 300 people were involved in making the movie.[6]

Fred Knowles was an English actor touring Australia. After making the film he enlisted in the AIF and was wounded in France in May 1917, losing an arm. However he managed to resume his career.[3]

Two other films were made from the same play, in 1916 and 1922 (as The Law and the Woman).

Release

The movie was trade screened in May 1916.[7]

Willoughby later revived the play in 1927.[8]

It was announced that the Willoughby Company were then to make The Pearl of the Pacific based on a story by Randolph Bedford, but this film appears to have never been made.[9]

See also

References
  1. ""THE WOMAN IN THE CASE"". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 7 May 1916. p. 21. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 4 July 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  3. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 64
  4. "MUSIC AND DRAMA". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 18 March 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. "AMUSEMENTS". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 July 1911. p. 13. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  6. "WORLD OF RECREATION". The Worker. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 30 March 1916. p. 12. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  7. "THE WOMAN IN THE CASE". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 3 May 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  8. ""THE WOMAN IN THE CASE."". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 7 May 1927. p. 18. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  9. ""THE WOMAN IN THE CASE"". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 30 April 1916. p. 19. Retrieved 10 December 2014.


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