Marilyn Dooley, NFSA, 1997
The images begin with a short imagined narrative made as a silent film which represents Australian women in sporting, physical and recreational activities. This is followed by scenes and extracts from some of Australia's few remaining silent feature films.
Brief excerpts from:
Melbourne Cup, 1896 (shot by Marius Sestier)
Derby Day, 1896 (shot by Marius Sestier)
Hobart Carnival, c. 1910
WA Centenary, 1929
[schoolgirls gym exercises - no date]
Home movies 1920s: women playing croquet, tennis, golf
Kilkundra [Kilcunda]-Wanthaggi Picnic c. 1915
Australasian Films Union Theatres Picnic 1926
ladies cycling c. 1903
the first official ladies cycling race [no place, date]
advertorial for Nautilus corsets
search for Miss Australia - Beryl Mills, WA
Annette Kellerman, 1914
Bioscope, 1908 - Annette Kellerman
Kenny's Baths, St Kilda, c. 1917
Bondi Surf Club, 1926
Girl of the Bush, A (Franklyn Barrett, 1921) Barrett's Australian Productions - the first of three for this company; Vera James, Jack Martin, Herbert Linden; the second of the only two films directed by Franklyn Barrett that still exist, thanks to the NFSA; 6000ft
Five Of Hearts, The (E. J. Cole, 1911) aka A Maiden's Distress, aka Buffalo Bill's Love Story; Pathe Freres; E J Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company; this Western was presented by Empire Pictures at the Town Hall, Perth [WA], on 10 May 1911
Joan of Arc Of Loos, The (George Willoughby, 1916) dp Franklyn Barrett; Jane King, Jean Robertson, Clive Farnham; shot Tamarama Beach, Sydney; war story
Woman Suffers, The (Raymond Longford, 1918) ... While the Man Goes Free; Lottie Lyell, Boyd Irwin, Roland Conway, Connie Martyn
Breaking of the Drought, The (Franklyn Barrett, 1920) Trilby Clark, Dunstan Webb, Charles Beetham, Marie La Varre; 6 reels; NFSA restoration
Sunshine Sally (Lawson Harris, 1922) aka Winnie of Woolloomooloo; Production Company: Austral Super Films. Producer: Lawson Harris, Yvonne Pavis. Screenplay, Scenario, Script: John Cosgrove. Photography: Arthur Higgins. Assistant Director: Clyde Marsh. 5000 ft. Cast: Yvonne Pavis (Sal), Joy Revelle (Tottie Faye), John Cosgrove (Spud Murphy), Dinks Patterson (Skinny Smith), Mrs Hutton (Katie Smith), J P O'Neill (Bill Smith), Sheila Moore (Mrs Constance Stanton), Lionel Lunn (Basil Stanton), Mervyn Barrington (James Stanton), Maude Ranier (Salvation Army woman). "Sal is rescued from the surf at Coogee by a bronzed lifesaver, Basil Stanton, and is taken to his wealthy Potts Point home to recuperate." (Pike & Cooper)
Jewelled Nights (Louise Lovely, Wilton Welch, 1925)
Painted Daughters (F. Stuart-Whyte, 1925)
Those Who Love (P. J. Ramster, Paulette McDonagh, 1926) prod. Paulette McDonagh, prod. manager & art dir. Phyllis McDonagh; Marie Lorraine [Isabel McDonagh]
Far Paradise, The (Paulette McDonagh, 1928)
The Cheaters (Paulette McDonagh, 1930) wr. Paulette McDonagh; Marie Lorraine [Isabel McDonagh], Josef Bambach, Arthur Greenaway; made firstly as a silent, with some sound added later - but the sound has not survived
Garry Gillard | New: 14 November, 2012 | Now: 13 March, 2022