The Day (1914 film)
1914 Australian film
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The Day is a 1914 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe.[3] It is a propaganda film about German brutality in Europe during World War I. It is considered a lost film.[4]
Colin Fraser
| The Day | |
|---|---|
Sydney Morning Herald 6 November 1914 | |
| Directed by | Alfred Rolfe[1] |
| Written by | Johnson Weir |
| Based on | poem by Henry Chappell |
| Produced by | Archie Fraser Colin Fraser |
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Release date | |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Archie Fraser, who produced, called it "Der Tag, a little one-act scene, to be played whilst the celebrated poem by the English railway porter on The Day was being recited."[5]
Production
The Fraser brothers were two distributors and exhibitors who occasionally dabbled in production. They had just made a number of films with Raymond Longford but he had left and Alfred Rolfe became their in-house director instead.
The script was adapted from a popular poem by railway porter Henry Chappell. The screenplay was written by actor Johnson Weir. Weir would recite the poem during screenings.[4]
Actor Jame Martin played a Belgian civilian attacked by two German soldiers. During filming he was struck by a bayonet and had to be treated at St Vincents Hospital.[6]
The Referee wrote that the film " is a theme patriotic from opening to end, and it promises to prove a crowded house magnet."[7]
