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'''Agnes Gavin''' (1872 - 1948) was an [[Australia]]n |
'''Agnes Gavin''' (1872 - 1948) was an [[Australia]]n actor and screenwriter of the [[silent era]], who worked in collaboration with her husband [[John Gavin (director)|John Gavin]]. She wrote the majority of his films and was arguably the first specialist screenwriter in the history of the [[Australian film industry]].<ref>Stephen Vagg, 'A Brief History of Australian Screenwriting'. Lumina Issue 7, May 2011</ref> She |
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She and her husband were known for making films about [[bushrangers]] such as [[Captain Thunderbolt]], [[Captain Moonlite]], [[Ben Hall]] and [[Frank Gardiner]]. |
She and her husband were best known for making films about [[bushrangers]] such as [[Captain Thunderbolt]], [[Captain Moonlite]], [[Ben Hall]] and [[Frank Gardiner]], and [[Convicts in Australia|convict-era]] melodramas. |
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==Filmography== |
==Filmography== |
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Revision as of 07:33, 27 August 2011
Agnes Gavin (1872 - 1948) was an Australian actor and screenwriter of the silent era, who worked in collaboration with her husband John Gavin. She wrote the majority of his films and was arguably the first specialist screenwriter in the history of the Australian film industry.[1] She
She and her husband were best known for making films about bushrangers such as Captain Thunderbolt, Captain Moonlite, Ben Hall and Frank Gardiner, and convict-era melodramas.
Filmography
- Thunderbolt (1910)
- Moonlite (1910) (a. k. a. Captain Moonlite)
- Ben Hall and his Gang (1911)
- Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911)
- Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911)
- The Mark of the Lash (1911)
- The Drover's Sweetheart (1911)
- Assigned to his Wife (1911)
- The Assigned Servant (1911)
- An Interrupted Divorce (1916)
- Charlie at the Sydney Show (1916)
- The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell (1916)
- The Murder of Captain Fryatt (1917)
- His Convict Bride (1918) (a. k. a. For the Term of Her Natural Life)
- Trooper O'Brien (1928)
References
- ^ Stephen Vagg, 'A Brief History of Australian Screenwriting'. Lumina Issue 7, May 2011