One Hundred Years Ago
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| One Hundred Years Ago | |
|---|---|
 SMH 13 May 1911 | |
| Directed by | Gaston Mervale |
| Written by | P. W. Marony |
| Starring | Louise Carbasse |
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Running time | 2,000 feet[2] |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
One Hundred Years Ago is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Gaston Mervale. It features an early screen performance from Louise Lovely (billed as "Louise Carbasse") and is considered a lost film.
The movie was billed as "an Anglo-Australian romantic drama".[3] Jasper Hugh Lovel is sent to prison at Norfolk Island for a crime he did not commit. A woman in England who loves him manages to secure his pardon and they are reunited.[4]
There was a duel sequence.[5]
Cast
- Louise Carbasse as Judith (in love with Lovel)
- Harrie Ireland as Katharine (a burglar's wife)
- A.J. Patrick as Lovel (a young squire)
- Godfrey Cass as Captain Ridd (his rival)
- Alf Scarlett as an Old Jew (a receiver of stolen goods)
- James Martin as a magistrate
- Harry Beaumont as a Burglar
Production
The film was shot at Australian Life Biograph's factory in Manly, New South Wales.[6]
Unlike many Australian films of the time, it was an original script, not based on a play. The author was Patrick William Marony.
The story is founded on fact. In an old cell at Norfolk Island may be seen the following inscription: "I, Jasper Hugh Lovel, here proclaim, before God and man, I am innocent. May God avenge me on mine enemy."[7]
