The Bondage of the Bush

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The Bondage of the Bush
Directed byCharles Woods
Written byCharles Woods
Produced byCharles Woods
StarringCharles Woods
CinematographyBert Ive
Production
company
Woods' Australian Films
Release date
18 August 1913
Running time
4,000 feet
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Bondage of the Bush is a 1913 Australian silent film starring, written, produced and directed by Charles Woods. It is considered a lost film.[1] It screened widely in country areas.[2][3]

Plot[]

The film was divided into the following chapters:

  • the great race
  • a leap for life
  • horse and man precipitated to raging torrents below
  • fight with the waters
  • the dash for liberty
  • the struggle on the cliffs
  • the black boy's revenge[1]

Cast[]

  • D.R. Rivenall as Dan Romer
  • Charles Woods as Gee-Bung
  • Wilton Power as Wilfred Granger
  • Jeff Williams as James Bramley
  • Alfred Bristow as Parson Bramley
  • Gertrude Darley as Monda Bramley
  • E.W. Newman
  • H. Ward
  • H.N. Gannan
  • E.L. Betts
  • J. Darley
  • G. Filmer as Sergeant Jones
  • J. Hamilton as Trooper Wallace

References[]

  1. ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 39
  2. ^ "MONARCH PICTURES". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1892 - 1927). NSW: National Library of Australia. 23 June 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
  3. ^ "Australian Notes". Motion Picture World. 10 February 1917. p. 845.

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