Do Men Love Women?
| Do Men Love Women? | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfred Rolfe |
| Starring | Charles Villiers |
Production company | |
Release date | 25 January 1912 |
Running time | 2,500 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Do Men Love Women? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about an alcoholic who reforms through the love of a good woman. The finale featured a railway collision.[1][2]
Plot
Chapter headings for the film were:
- the dinner party
- the first sign of the inebriate
- the success of the young novelist
- a patient wife
- heartbroken
- the drunkard's action
- the curse of drink
- the love of a woman
- cured
- the nurses' intrigue
- this is our child
- repentance
- the great railway smash
- men do love women.[3]
Reception
The film seems to have been widely distributed, with the railway collision prominently advertised. Reviews were generally strong.[4][5]
References
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 31
- ^ "Advertising". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1892 - 1927). NSW: National Library of Australia. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". Williamstown Chronicle (Vic. : 1856 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 17 February 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "THE Traralgon Record,". Traralgon Record (Traralgon, Vic. : 1886 - 1932) . Traralgon, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 16 February 1912. p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
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