The Squatter's Son
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| The Squatter's Son | |
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 The Age 24 April 1911 | |
| Directed by | E. I. Cole |
| Based on | play by E. I. Cole or Clarence Burnett |
| Starring | E. I. Cole's Bohemian Dramatic Company |
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Release date |
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Running time | 3,800 feet[4] |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent English intertitles |
The Squatter's Son is an Australian film completed in 1911 and directed by E. I. Cole. It was based on a play which Cole and his company had performed throughout Australia.
It is considered a lost film.
Film scenes
John Lenton is a squatter who lives at Wilunga. The villainous Dudley Ward also works there. Ward is masquerading at Lenton's nephew, who was murdered overseas by Ward.
Lenton's father refuses to give his son permission to marry Violet Gartson, the woodchipper's daughter. Joe Garston is given £200 by old Lenton to take Violet away from the station. Jack is disinherited by his father for refusing to give up Violet.
Dudley Ward murders Jack's father with Jack's knife. Jack arrested for his father's murder but charge "not proven." Joe Garston, who knows Dudley Ward is the murderer, scorns his offer to marry Violet.
Joe drugged and dragged away to the scrub. Violet finds a letter proving Dudley Ward to be the murderer. Ward's bushranging gang carry Violet off to the Gap. Little Cecil Lenton's birthday. Dudley Ward, who in case of Cecil's death becomes the heir, tries to murder the little chap. Exciting rescue. Jack Lenton falls into the hands of the bushrangers. The denouement; virtue rewarded and vice punished.[5][6]
- The two cousins, Jack Lenton and Dudley Ward[7]
- The true and the false - Mr Lenton refuses to let his son Jack to marry the woodchoppers daughter, Violet Garston
- Bribery
- Altering the will - Jack disinherited
- The murderer Jack arrested
- Dudley's scheming
- Old Garston knows the murderer
- Drugged by Dudley
- The Bushrangers
- Dudley the chief
- The little heir Dudley Ward next in succession
- attempted assassination
- Gallant rescue
- Violet and Jack in the hands of bushrangers
- Saved by a faithful horse
- Mulga Joe, the black boy, destroys the bridge
- Escape
- The squatter's son comes in to his own
Original play
| The Squatter's Son | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Edward Irham Cole or Clarence Burnett |
| Directed by | Edward Irham Cole |
| Date premiered | 21 January 1910 |
| Place premiered | Coliseum, Ballarat[8] |
| Original language | English |
| Subject | bushrangers |
| Genre | melodrama |
Authorship of the play is sometimes attributed to Clarence Burnett.[9] Other accounts say it was Cole.[10]
The play debuted in Ballarat in early 1910. Reviewing this performance, the Ballarat Star said "there is a high- standard of excellence, in the'plot, which Is of a very sensational nature, cleverly worked out. It is full of incident, and the scenery is typical! of Australia."[11]
In October 1910 the play was described as "the most famous" of Cole's "repertoire of pieces".[12] It was often revived throughout Cole's career.[13]
The play was beig performed as late as 1920.[14]