The Tenth Straw

Directed byRobert G. McAnderson

CinematographyClaud C. Carter

Production
companies

Broadway Theatres Limited^[1]
Pacific Films^[2]

Release date

27 March 1926 (1926-03-27)^[3]

The Tenth Straw
Directed by	Robert G. McAnderson
Cinematography	Claud C. Carter
Production companies	Broadway Theatres Limited^[1] Pacific Films^[2]
Release date	27 March 1926 (1926-03-27)^[3]
Running time	six reels
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

The Tenth Straw is a 1926 Australian silent film heavily inspired by the novel For the Term of His Natural Life. Little is known of the director and cast, but most of the film survives today.^[4]

Aristocrat Bruce Lowe is convicted for a crime he did not commit and is transported from England to Australia. An army officer, Matthew Marr, pretends to be a friend of Lowe's to gain access to his fortune and seduce his sister, Marie.

On board ship, Lowe stands up to a bully and gains a friend in Richard Groves. Lowe escapes from prison, and heads to the bush.

Some aboriginals discover a goldfield. Lowe proves his innocence, and Marr is arrested.^[5]^[6]

Cast

Peggy Paul as Marie Lowe^[7]
Ernest Lauri as Bruce Lowe
James Cornell as Matthew Marr
Jack Fisher as Richard Groves
Syd Everett as Bully Carey
Robert Ball as Tiddley Harris
Robert G. McAnderson as Major Orville

Production

Ernest Lauri was a Brisbane actor and singer.^[8]^[9] Lauri would appear at cinemas showing the film and appear in a live prologue.^[10]

The film was mostly shot on Sydney Harbour and in the National Park.^[11] Prison scenes were shot at a Veterans' Home on Bear Island.^[12]

Reception

References

↑ "Another Australian Film Production", Everyones., 4 (290 (23 September 1925)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-570517896, retrieved 29 February 2024 – via Trove
↑ "Advertising", Everyones., 5 (317 (31 March 1926)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-577676839, retrieved 29 February 2024 – via Trove
↑ "EMPRESS THEATRE". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 27 March 1926. p. 10. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 130.
↑ "MAJESTIC THEATRE". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 19 July 1927. p. 7. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
1 2 "SYDNEY'S RECENT FILM RELEASES", Everyones., 5 (317 (31 March 1926)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-577676871, retrieved 29 February 2024 – via Trove
↑ "THIS WEEK'S PICTURES". Evening News. No. 18333. New South Wales, Australia. 25 March 1926. p. 16. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "AUSTRALIAN MOVIES". The Telegraph. No. 16, 475. Queensland, Australia. 19 September 1925. p. 3. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ ""The Singing Anzac" In Brisbane After Nine Years' Absence". The Telegraph. Queensland, Australia. 23 October 1937. p. 9 (SECOND EDITION). Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "TIVOLI THEATRE". Queensland Times. Vol. LXIX, no. 13, 277. Queensland, Australia. 15 October 1928. p. 2 (DAILY.). Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "PERSONAL". The Daily Mail. No. 7351. Queensland, Australia. 19 September 1925. p. 6. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "ENTERTAINMENTS". Queensland Times. Vol. LXIX, no. 13, 276. Queensland, Australia. 13 October 1928. p. 14 (DAILY.). Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "Tropical Theatre, Monday". The Cairns Post. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 26 September 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
↑ "EMPRESS THEATRE". The Daily Telegraph. No. 14, 446. New South Wales, Australia. 29 March 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ "THE MAJESTIC". Sunday Mail. No. 216. Queensland, Australia. 17 July 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 29 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

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