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Agnes Gavin (1872–1947) was an Australian actor and screenwriter in the silent film era, she worked in collaboration with her husband John Gavin throughout her career. She wrote the majority of his films and was arguably the first specialist screenwriter in the history of the Australian film industry.[1] In newspapers she was advertised as the "well known picture dramatizer"[2] and was praised for creating "cleverly constructed stories".[3]
Personal life[edit]
She was born as Agnes Adele Wangenheim. At the age of eighteen she married Barnett Kurtz, however they divorced in 1897 in a highly publicized case.[4][5]
On October 3, 1898, she married stage actor John Gavin,[6] for many years they worked together in Vaudeville and Bland Holt's stage company.
In 1904, Agnes Gavin was accused of abusing her neighbour with violent language. The court ordered her bound to the peace for six months.[7]
In an early marriage she had a daughter named Isadore, she later died in 1917.[8] John Gavin died in 1938 and Agnes followed in 1947. The couple is survived by two daughters and several grandchildren.[9]
Career[edit]
In 1910, Gavin and her husband made their first film together. The pair were best known for making films about bushrangers such as Captain Thunderbolt, Captain Moonlite, Ben Hall and Frank Gardiner, and convict-era melodramas.[10][11]
She adapted her 1917 film The Murder of Captain Fryatt into a play: Captain Fryatt; Or, For King and Country.
Filmography[edit]
- Thunderbolt (1910)
- Moonlite (1910) (also known as: Captain Moonlite)
- Ben Hall and his Gang (1911)
- Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911)
- Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911)
- The Mark of the Lash (1911)
- The Drover's Sweetheart (1911)
- Assigned to his Wife (1911)
- The Assigned Servant (1911)
- An Interrupted Divorce (1916)
- Charlie at the Sydney Show (1916)
- The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1916)
- The Murder of Captain Fryatt (1917)
- His Convict Bride (1918) (also known as: For the Term of Her Natural Life)
- Trooper O'Brien (1928) (originally The Key of Fate[12])
Scripts[edit]
- The White Hope (announced 1911)
- Outlaw Ned Kelly and His Gang (registered in 1918)[13]
- Binda's Mistress of the Girl of the Soil (registered in 1930)[14]
Books[edit]
Plays[edit]
- Captain Fryatt; or, for king and country : dramatised from the scenario (1917)
References[edit]
- ^ Stephen Vagg, 'A Brief History of Australian Screenwriting'. Lumina Issue 7, May 2011
- ^ "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 19 July 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "GENERAL GOSSIP". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 15 November 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "A SINGULAR LETTER". The Australasian. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 4 December 1897. p. 24. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Without Prejudice". Table Talk. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 3 December 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 5 September 1899. p. 1. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "THEATRICALS IN COURT". The Evening News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 25 August 1904. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 12 September 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "Family Notices". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 January 1947. p. 14. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "A Well-known Biograph Actor". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 4 February 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ "A Great Australian". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 4 November 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
- ^ "THE KEY OF FATE". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 8 August 1926. p. 24. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ^ Copyright registration at National Archives of Australia
- ^ Copyright registration at National Archives of Australia
- ^ Copyright registration at National Archives of Australia
- ^ Copyright registration at National Archives of Australia
External links[edit]
- Clark Cant/sandbox at IMDb
- Agnes Gavin at Women Film Pioneers Project
- Agnes Gavin at Trove
- Agnes Gavin at Australian Woman's Register
- Agnes Gavin at National Film and Sound Archive
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