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The Triumph of Love (1922 film)

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The Triumph of Love
Directed byP. J. Ramster
Produced byP. J. Ramster
StarringJack Chalmers
Coo-ee Knight
CinematographyJack Bruce
E.R. Jeffree
Production
company
P. J. Ramster Photoplays
Release date
  • 24 June 1922 (1922-06-24)[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

The Triumph of Love is a 1922 Australian silent film directed by P. J. Ramster. It is a South Seas romance starring Jack Chalmers, a Sydney lifesaver who was famous at the time for trying to save a swimmer from a shark.[2]

It is considered to be a lost film.

Plot

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Four men and a young woman (Coo-ee Knight) are shipwrecked on an island in the South Seas. The men fight over the woman.[3]

Production

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The film was shot in April 1922, with interiors filmed the Palmerston studio in Waverley, and some location work in Queensland.[4][5] The female lead Coo-Ee Knight was from Hobart.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "TO-DAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 24 June 1922. p. 14. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  2. ^ "FOOTLIGHT FLASHES". The Truth. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 18 June 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
  3. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 18 September 1922. p. 6. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  4. ^ "MAJESTIC". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 5 June 1925. p. 19. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
  5. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 112.
  6. ^ "PALACE THEATRE". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 20 September 1922. p. 9. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
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