'Neath Austral Skies

1913 Australian film by Raymond Longford January 2021 'Neath Austral Skies Raymond Longford A.C. Tinsdale Raymond Longford Lottie Lyell Commonwealth Film Producing Company.The Age (Melbourne, Vic.) 20 December 1913 20 https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page18560090 2021-06-29 Trove en Co-Operative Film Exchange 1913 12 02 "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p. 51 y Australia Silent film English intertitles Neath Austral Skies is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. It is considered a lost film. It is referred to as 'Neath Australian Skies in newspapers of the day.1914-06-03 'Neath Australian Skies. Southern Districts Advocate https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article210381428 2023-10-301914-02-06 MONARCH PICTURES. Leader https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119895729 2023-10-30 Plot Captain Frank Hollis is engaged to Eileen Delmont. When her brother Eric commits a theft, Frank accepts the blame in order to protect her family's name. He leaves for Australia and joins the New South Wales mounted police. Eric confesses and Eileen and her father go to Australia to track down Frank. They buy a property, some of their cattle is stolen and request a trooper come to their aid – it is Frank. On the way out to see them, Frank is captured by the thieves and is thrown in the river, but Eileen comes to his aid and the lovers are reunited. Cast Lottie Lyell1914-02-02 "NEATH AUSTRALIAN SKIES." Barrier Miner https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45270028 2023-10-30 as Eileen Delmont Robert Henry as Colonel Delmont George Parke as Eric Delmont Martyn Keith as Captain Frank Hollis Charles Villers as Gidgee Dan Mervyn Barrington as "Snowy", boundary rider Walter Warr as Ah Lum, cook T Archer as Monaro Jack Production Neath Australian Skies was the name of a popular collection of poetry from E.B. Loughran published in 1894.https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3582699 Review: 'Neath Austral Skies The Brisbane Courier LI ((11,376)) Queensland, Australia 30 June 1894 6 March 2016 6 National Library of Australia The film was not widely screened and is not one of Longford's better known movies.Pike Andrew https://worldcat.org/oclc/7373730 Australian film, 1900-1977: a guide to feature film production 1980 Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Film Institute 0-19-554213-4 7373730 The film opens in Surrey, England and then changes scene to feature Australian station-life. Mounted troopers and bushrangers also feature in the picture, adding to the drama.1914-01-28 "NEATH AUSTRALIAN SKIES." Barrier Miner https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45269547 2023-10-30 It was reported to have some "splendid views of Sydney and of the Australian bush".1914-01-30 AMUSEMENTS. JOHNSON'S PICTURES. Barrier Miner https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article45269791 2023-10-30 Reception The film was shown at the Melbourne Lyric Theatre in 1913. One contemporary critic said the film "has many exciting and sensational scenes, relieved with pure Australian comedy to hold the audience. The photography is very true." The Argus wrote about one screening being "well received."https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article7260064 Music and Drama The Argus (Melbourne) 21,033 Victoria, Australia 22 December 1913 6 March 2016 11 National Library of Australia Raymond Longford's name was used extensively in advertisinghttps://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119895740 Advertising The Leader Orange, NSW 6 February 1914 1 September 2013 3 National Library of Australia and was described in 1914 as "a great Australian picture production, claimed to be the greatest of all Australian photo-plays."1914-02-03 "NEATH AUSTRALIAN SKIES." Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate https://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article75288511 2023-10-30 He claimed the film was refused a release by "The Combine".National Archives of Australia Bound printed copy of Minutes of Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia (one of two copies) https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=3009445 145 NAA: A11636, 4/1 References External links 0002594 'Neath Austral Skies Neath Austral Skies at National Film and Sound Archive Complete script at National Archives of Australia Category:1913 films Category:1913 Australian films Category:1913 drama films Category:1913 English-language films Category:1913 lost films Category:Australian black-and-white films Category:Australian silent feature films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films directed by Raymond Longford Category:Lost Australian silent drama films