Environment (1927 film)
1927 film
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Environment is a 1927 Australian silent film about a woman who poses for a revealing painting. It was one of two films produced by Vaughan C. Marshall, the other one being Caught in the Net (1928).
- Beth Darvall
- Hal Percy
| Environment | |
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| Directed by | Gerald M. Hayle |
| Written by | Gerald M. Hayle |
| Produced by | Vaughan C. Marshall |
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| Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
Production company | Advance Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 6,000 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | £4,000[2][3] |
Unlike many Australian silent films, a copy of it survives today.[4]
Plot
Mary Garval is forced by poverty into posing semi-nude for a painting, L'Environment. The painter's assistant, Arthur, tries to seduce her but she runs away after finding out he is married.
Mary seeks refuge in the country and falls for a farmer, Jimmy. They get married but Arthur, seeking revenge, sends a Jewish friend to spy on them. He sends Jimmy a copy of the painting as a wedding present. Jimmy eventually forgives Mary and decides to destroy the painting, but discovers a lost will in the frame, which reveals Mary to be the heiress to a lost fortune.
Cast
- Beth Darvall as Mary Garval
- Hal Percy as James Denison
- Colin Campbell as Arthur Huston
- Alf Scarlett as James Masterton
- Arthur Bruce as James Garval
- Jim Joyce as Wilfred Garval
- Dorothy May as Mrs Huston
- Max Sorelle as Mr Eltham
- Kitty Mostyn as Mrs Eltham
- Viva Vawden as Mrs Harrop
- Charles Brown as Henry Harrop
- George Gilbert as Hal Hawkins
- Edward Landor as Abe Halstein
- Phyllis Best as Biddy O'Rooke
