Rip Van Winkle (1912 film)
| Rip Van Winkle | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | W. J. Lincoln |
| Based on | stage adaptation by Joseph Jefferson and Dion Boucicault of Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving |
| Produced by | William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait |
| Starring | Arthur Styan |
| Cinematography | Orrie Perry |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Tait's Pictures |
Release date | 6 April 1912 (Melbourne)[1] |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Rip Van Winkle is a 1912 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln about Rip Van Winkle.[2] It was arguably Australia's first fantasy film.[3]
It is considered a lost film.
Plot
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Cast
- Arthur Styan as Rip Van Winkle[4]
Production
The film was made in the wake of a successful Australian season of Joseph Jefferson and Dion Boucicault's theatre adaptation of Washington Irving's 1819 short story "Rip Van Winkle".[5]
One reviewer said that star Arthur Styan "has figured in several of the previous productions of the Amalgamated Pictures Ltd., and who makes quite a success of this."[6]
Assisting Lincoln was Sam Crews.[7]
Reception
The film appears not to have been widely released. The Bendigo Advertiser said that "the famous story is most effectively explained in the picture production."[8]
In April 1912 The Bulletin said "Rip Van Winkle is biographed in Melbourne excellently, by an Australian company, with Styan as Winkle."[9]
References
- ^ Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 214
- ^ "St. Kilda Theatre". The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ Rip Van Wikle at AustLit
- ^ "St. Kilda Theatre". The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p34
- ^ "St. Kilda Theatre". The Prahran Telegraph (Vic. : 1889 - 1930). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
- ^ "Sam Crew Enters 'When London Sleeps' Controversy". Everyones. 12 October 1932. p. 19.
- ^ "MASONIC HALL". Bendigo Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 1 May 1912. p. 7. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
- ^ "AT POVERTY POINT". The Bulletin. 18 April 1912. p. 11.
External links
- Rip Van Winkle at IMDb
- Rip Van Winkle at AustLit
- Full text of Rip Van Winkle by of Joseph Jefferson and Dion Boucicault at Internet Archive
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