The Lady Outlaw
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Alice Emslie
company
- 28 August 1911[2]
| The Lady Outlaw | |
|---|---|
 The Age 28 Aug 1911 | |
| Directed by | Alfred Rolfe |
| Starring | Charles Villiers Alice Emslie |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 2,500 feet[3] or over 3,000 feet[4] |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Lady Outlaw is a 1911 Australian silent film set in Van Diemen's Land during convict days.[5]
It was also known as By His Excellency's Command or By His Excellency's Command, a Tale of a Lady Outlaw.[6][7][8]
It is considered a lost film.[9]
The film was from the Australian Photoplay Company.[10]
In the 1860s,[11] Dorothy's lover is transported to Hobart for committing a crime. She follows him there only to discover he has been assigned as a servant to a villainous land owner and has escaped to the hills, where police believe he has died.
Dorothy decides to seek revenge and leads a group of escape convicts on raids on the land owner's house. She then discovers her lover is alive and married to another woman. She decides to remain a bushranger until she gets involved in a shoot out by the sea.
After a duel between a lieutenant and her last surviving follower, she is captured by police.[12][13]
The chapter headings were:
- Arrested-for Forgery
- Transported for Life
- A Woman's Devotion
- Lieutenant Dashwood escapes
- Struggle on the Cliffs
- Dashed to Death
- A Bid-for Freedom
- A Free Pardon[14]
Cast
- Charles Villiers
- Alice Emslie