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Do Men Love Women?
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villiers
Production
company
Release date
11 January 1912[1]
Running time
3,500 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent 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.[3][4]

It is a lost film.

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.[5]

Cast

  • Charles Villiers

Reception

The film seems to have been widely distributed, with the railway collision prominently advertised. Reviews were generally strong.[6][7] It was described as a "modern East Lynne".[8]

Charles Villiers, who appeared in the cast, would accompany screenings of the film as a lecturer.[9]

References

  1. ^ "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 January 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1892 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  3. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 31
  4. ^ "Advertising". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate (NSW : 1892 - 1927). NSW: National Library of Australia. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Advertising". Williamstown Chronicle (Vic. : 1856 - 1954). Vic.: National Library of Australia. 17 February 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Advertising". Morning Bulletin (Rockhampton, Qld. : 1878 - 1954). Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Advertising". Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 January 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  9. ^ "The Daily Leader AND STOCK AND STATION NEWS". Leader (Orange, NSW : 1912 - 1922). Orange, NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 January 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
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