A Melbourne Mystery

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A Melbourne Mystery
StarringJohn Gavin
CinematographyA. Sculthorpe
Release date
12 May 1913
Running time
4,000 feet[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent

A Melbourne Mystery is a 1913 Australian silent film starring John Gavin.[2][3]

It is considered a lost film.

Cast[]

Production[]

A. Sculthorpe, who worked on the movie, remembers the film as being "a little starved because of the promoters lack of finance" but said it "compared favourably with the Importations of the time." He also recalled shooting a sequence involving a brawl in Swanston Street which resulted in police trying to arrest the actors.[4]

Reception[]

According to Sculthorpe "it was a good picture but the exhibitors gave us little encouragement."[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 26 August 1917. p. 21. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  2. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 37.
  3. ^ Everyones, Everyones Ltd, 1920, retrieved 30 May 2018
  4. ^ a b ""Thal Reminds Me..."". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 24 May 1939. p. 8. Retrieved 3 October 2013.

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