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A Silent Witness

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A Silent Witness
Directed byFranklyn Barrett[1]
Written bySydney Stirling
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Production
company
Release date
  • 22 May 1912 (1912-05-22)
Running time
2,400 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

A Silent Witness is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.[3] It is considered a lost film. It was a drama set in Sydney with Cyril Mackay as the hero.[4]

Barrett later claimed this detective drama was the first production in which he had a "free hand".[5]

Barrett referred later to making a film for Wests which dealt with opium smuggling and caused issues with the police. It may have been this movie.[6]

Of Sydney Stirling, Barrett wrote "I never knew an actor so responsive to direction, so keen to size up a situation and command it.” [7]

Cast

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  • Cyril Mackay
  • Irby Marshall
  • Charles Lawrence
  • Sydney Stirling
  • Leonard Willey
  • George Bryant
  • Loris Brown

References

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  1. ^ "PRODUCTION OF MOVING PICTURES-- IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. ^ Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  5. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35
  6. ^ Barrett, Franklyn (10 December 1930), "Please, Mr. Policeman, May I Make a Movie? For "Everyones" by Franklyn Barrett.", Everyones, Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-564399119, retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Trove
  7. ^ "ALONG FILM ROW.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 16 July 1930, nla.obj-562183768, retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Trove
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