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| studio = [[Australian Photo-Play Company]]
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| released = 11 September 1911<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15272849 |title=VICTORIA THEATRE. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=9 September 1911 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |page=13 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| released = 4 September 1911
| runtime = 3,000 feet<ref name="wood">{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120694731 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[The_Sunday_Times_(Sydney,_Australia)|Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=10 September 1911 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
| runtime = 2,500 feet
| language = [[Silent film]]<br>English intertitles
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'''''Mates of the Murrumbidgee''''' is a 1911 Australian silent movie.
'''''Mates from the Murrumbidgee''''' is a 1911 Australian silent movie.


It is considered a [[lost film]] and was arguably the first Australian war film.<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998,23</ref>
It is considered a [[lost film]] and was arguably the first Australian war film.<ref name="pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998,23</ref>
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Two friends who live near the [[Murrumbidgee River]] that wind up fighting in the [[Second Boer War]] for the [[New South Wales Lancers]]. The two friends fall in love with the same girl. The girl ends up poisoning herself and one of the friends shoots the other.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120030870 |title=BROADWAY THEATRE. |newspaper=[[Empire (newspaper)|Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=28 August 1911 |accessdate=12 September 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
Two friends who live near the [[Murrumbidgee River]] that wind up fighting in the [[Second Boer War]] for the [[New South Wales Lancers]]. The two friends fall in love with the same girl. The girl ends up poisoning herself and one of the friends shoots the other.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120030870 |title=BROADWAY THEATRE. |newspaper=[[Empire (newspaper)|Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=28 August 1911 |accessdate=12 September 2013 |page=4 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


The film includes a charge at [[Majuba Hill]] (even though that took place during the [[First Boer War]]), and a triumphant return to Sydney.<ref name="pike"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50498990 |title=ENGLISH AMUSEMENT COMPANY. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954)]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=21 October 1911 |accessdate=21 February 2012 |page=5 Edition: DAILY |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
The film includes a charge at [[Majuba Hill]] (even though that took place during the [[First Boer War]]). This was done "for the sake of the picturesque".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142950721 |title=DRAMATIC NOTES. |newspaper=[[The Australasian |The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946)]] |location=Melbourne, Vic. |date=16 September 1911 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |page=41 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

It also included a triumphant return to Sydney.<ref name="pike"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article50498990 |title=ENGLISH AMUSEMENT COMPANY. |newspaper=[[The Examiner (Tasmania)|Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954)]] |location=Launceston, Tas. |date=21 October 1911 |accessdate=21 February 2012 |page=5 Edition: DAILY |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> A con


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Charles Villiers (actor)|Charles Villiers]]
*[[Charles Villiers (actor)|Charles Villiers]]
==Release==

The film was released on a double bill with ''Fighting Blood'', an American Western.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120694779 |title=VICTORIA THEATRE. |newspaper=[[The_Sunday_Times_(Sydney,_Australia)|Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930)]] |location=Sydney, NSW |date=10 September 1911 |accessdate=9 November 2014 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was accompanied by a lecturer who would explain the plot; for many screenings, this was the noted comedian Charles Woods.<ref name="wood"/>
==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 10:49, 9 November 2014

Mates from the Murrumbidgee
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villiers
Production
company
Release date
11 September 1911[1]
Running time
3,000 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Mates from the Murrumbidgee is a 1911 Australian silent movie.

It is considered a lost film and was arguably the first Australian war film.[3]

Plot

Two friends who live near the Murrumbidgee River that wind up fighting in the Second Boer War for the New South Wales Lancers. The two friends fall in love with the same girl. The girl ends up poisoning herself and one of the friends shoots the other.[4]

The film includes a charge at Majuba Hill (even though that took place during the First Boer War). This was done "for the sake of the picturesque".[5]

It also included a triumphant return to Sydney.[3][6] A con

Cast

Release

The film was released on a double bill with Fighting Blood, an American Western.[7] It was accompanied by a lecturer who would explain the plot; for many screenings, this was the noted comedian Charles Woods.[2]

References

  1. ^ "VICTORIA THEATRE". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 9 September 1911. p. 13. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Advertising". Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  3. ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998,23
  4. ^ "BROADWAY THEATRE". Evening News (Sydney, NSW : 1869 - 1931). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 28 August 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  5. ^ "DRAMATIC NOTES". The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic. : 1864 - 1946). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 16 September 1911. p. 41. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. ^ "ENGLISH AMUSEMENT COMPANY". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954). Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 21 October 1911. p. 5 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
  7. ^ "VICTORIA THEATRE". Sunday Times (Sydney, NSW : 1895 - 1930). Sydney, NSW: National Library of Australia. 10 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2014.


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