Only a Factory Girl is a 1911 Australian film. Very little is known about it and it is considered a lost film.[4][5]

Only a Factory Girl
Distributed byPathe Company[3]
Release date
  • 14 August 1911 (1911-08-14) (Sydney)[1]
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CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

It premiered at the Victoria Theatre in Sydney, then under the direction of Frank Musgrove, in August 1911.[6] It was called "one of the most sentimental and strongest picture dramas yet produced at this continuous picture house."[7] The movie was followed on the schedule by another Australian film The Sundowner.[8]

The film also screened in Newcastle[9] and Adelaide.[10]

Premise

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According to the Daily Telegraph "it is the story of the love of the son of a millionaire factory owner for a girl who works in the factory, and the girl's devotion to her lover in the latter's trouble. This devotion changes the millionaire's contempt for the girl into admiration, and he consents to their marriage."[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 August 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  2. ^ "Advertising". Evening News. No. 13, 785. New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. National Library of Australia. 30 August 1911. p. 12. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  4. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p23
  5. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 19 August 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  6. ^ "THE VICTORIA". The Daily Telegraph. No. 10050. New South Wales, Australia. 12 August 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 August 1911. p. 13. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Advertising". The Daily Telegraph. No. 10055. New South Wales, Australia. 18 August 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. No. 11, 488. New South Wales, Australia. 30 August 1911. p. 12. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Advertising". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2015.
  11. ^ "VICTORIA THEATRE". The Daily Telegraph. No. 10051. New South Wales, Australia. 14 August 1911. p. 10. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
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