Ma Hogan's New Boarder

Ma Hogan's New Boarder
Ma Hogan's New Boarder
Directed by	Raymond Longford
Written by	Raymond Longford
Based on	story by A. Wright
Produced by	Archie Fraser; Colin Fraser
Starring	Charles Evans; Pearl Bambury
Production; company	Fraser Film Release and Photographic Company
Release date	1 July 1915;
Running time	2,500 feet
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film; English intertitles

Ma Hogan's New Boarder was a 1915 film directed by Raymond Longford starring Charlie Chaplin impersonator Charles Evans.^[6] In the movie the lead "displays his antics and mannerisms."^[7]

It was one of Longford's few films not to feature Lottie Lyell and is considered a lost film.^[8]

Cast

C. Evans
B Gilbert
Q Cross
E. Vockler

Reception

Theatre managers offered to "supply cotton and buttons free to all patrons who damage them" during screenings of the film."^[9]

The Motion Picture News said that Charles Evans "gave a really clever impersonation of Charles Chaplin" but that "the production was too long to be anything more than ordinary."^[10]

References

^ "Advertising". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 29 June 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
^ "Bound printed copy of Minutes of Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia (one of two copies)". National Archives of Australia. NAA: A11636, 4/1. p. 145.
^ "AMUSEMENT". The Tamworth Daily Observer. NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "Advertising". The Tamworth Daily Observer. NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 51
^ "AUSTRALIAN CHAPLAIN". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 27 June 1915. p. 16. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ Eric Reade, History and heartburn: the saga of Australian film, 1896-1978, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1979 p13
^ "Advertising". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 27 June 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
^ "Film News from Foreign Parts", Motion Picture News 11 March 1916, retrieved 23 November 1916

External links

Ma Hogan's New Boarder at IMDb

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[1] "Advertising". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 29 June 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[papers-2] "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51

[vol-3] "Bound printed copy of Minutes of Evidence of the Royal Commission on the Moving Picture Industry in Australia (one of two copies)". National Archives of Australia. NAA: A11636, 4/1. p. 145.

[4] "AMUSEMENT". The Tamworth Daily Observer. NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[5] "Advertising". The Tamworth Daily Observer. NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 August 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[Pike-6] Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 51

[7] "AUSTRALIAN CHAPLAIN". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 27 June 1915. p. 16. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[8] Eric Reade, History and heartburn: the saga of Australian film, 1896-1978, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press, 1979 p13

[9] "Advertising". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 27 June 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 1 September 2013.

[10] "Film News from Foreign Parts", Motion Picture News 11 March 1916, retrieved 23 November 1916

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