The Opium Runners is a 1913 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film.[3]
The Opium Runners | |
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Production company | The Gaumont Agency[2] |
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Running time | 2,000 feet[2] |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
It was made by the Gaumont Agency who also made Call of the Bush (1912).[4]
It is possible the movie was based on a collection of short stories called The Opium Runners by FRC Hopkins, who had also written All for Gold.[5][6]
It was advertised as "A Picture that makes you rise from your seat' with excitement A Story with a Perfect Plot and Exceptional' Acting, 'showing many Pretty Typical Scenes of the Australian Bush."[7]
References
edit- ^ "Advertising". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong, NSW. 25 April 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ a b "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 26 February 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 37
- ^ "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 12 March 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "TWO AUSTRALIAN BOOKS". Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. NSW. 12 January 1910. p. 18. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "LATE MR. F. R. C. HOPKINS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 9 June 1913. p. 8. Retrieved 8 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
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