Sentenced for Life (1911 film)

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Sentenced for Life
Directed byEdward Irham Cole
Based onplay Sentenced for Life
StarringBohemian Dramatic Company
Production
company
Australian Biograph Company[2]
Distributed byPathes Freres[3]
Release date
29 May 1911[1]
Running time
2,000 feet[4]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Sentenced for Life is an Australian film directed by E. I. Cole. It was an adaptation of a play performed by Cole and his Bohemian Dramatic Company as early as 1904.[5][6]

It is considered a lost film.[7]

Plot[edit]

A man is wrongly convicted and sentenced as a convict.[8] According to a contemporary report, "Vivid convict scenes are enacted, ending with a revolt by the prisoners. There is a happy ending of wedding bells."[2] It turns out the young man's rival was responsible and he is punished.[9]

Chapter headings were:

  • the Favourite
  • it did look suspicious
  • the Blackmailer
  • Outlaw and the Child
  • Slight Breeze
  • Malaysia
  • General Commotion
  • Blighted Hopes
  • Manufacture of Almonds[4]

Original play[edit]

Sentenced for Life
Written byEdward Irham Cole
Directed byEdward Irham Cole
Date premiered1904
Original languageEnglish
Subjectmelodrama

The play debuted in 1904.[10]

One review said "The convict scenes in Australia were well mounted, and the entertainment as a whole most praiseworthy."[11]

The play was popular and was revive in 1906,[12] 1907,[13] 1908[14] and several other times.

The play was also known as A Convict's Sweetheart.[15]

Cast of theatre production[edit]

In 1911 the cast of a theatre production of the play in Geelong was listed as follows:

  • E. I. Cole as Mr. Bertram,
  • Mr. Frank Mills as Richard Hayward,
  • W. S. Marshall as Jabez Ooh
  • J. R. Wilson as Sammy Traddles
  • Vene Linden as Mary Bertram[16]

It is highly likely at least some of these actors repeated their performance in the film.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "People's Concert". Geelong Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 29 May 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Amusements". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 June 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 17 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Bohemian Dramatic Comedy." The Sydney Morning Herald 18 Jan 1904: 3. Retrieved 31 December 2011
  6. ^ "BOHEMIAN PICTURE PLAYS". The Bendigo Independent. No. 13, 133. Victoria, Australia. 15 February 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 4 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 21.
  8. ^ "Shaftesbury Picture Gardens". The Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 8 June 1911. p. 2 Edition: 3rd. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  9. ^ "Local and General Topics". Bunyip. Gawler, SA: National Library of Australia. 30 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  10. ^ "Advertising". The Daily Telegraph. No. 7681. New South Wales, Australia. 18 January 1904. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Bill of the Play". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. Vol. 6, no. 70. New South Wales, Australia. 23 January 1904. p. 7. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  12. ^ "Stage, Song and Show". The Australian Star. No. 5610. New South Wales, Australia. 5 February 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Advertising". The Age. No. 16, 377. Victoria, Australia. 7 September 1907. p. 18. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  14. ^ "Advertising". The Age. No. 16596. Victoria, Australia. 22 May 1908. p. 10. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  15. ^ ""A Convict's Sweetheart"". Daily Standard. No. 1761. Queensland, Australia. 8 August 1918. p. 7 (second edition). Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  16. ^ "Advertising". Geelong Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 1 July 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.

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