Around the Boree Log

Around the Boree Log
Directed by Phil K. Walsh
Written by Phil K. Walsh
Based on poems of Patrick Joseph Hartigan
Starring Molly O'Donohue[1]
Cinematography Lacey Percival
Production
company
Phil K. Walsh Productions
Release dates
 25 September 1925[2]
Running time
 7,100 feet
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Around the Boree Log is a 1925 Australian silent film adapted from the poems of "John O'Brien" (Patrick Joseph Hartigan). It tells stories of a priest's life around the 1870s in the Goulburn area.[3][4]

Unlike many Australian silent films, a copy of it survives today.

Plot

A priest reads from the book of poems by John O'Brien and recalls his earlier life in the country. He remembers travelling hawkers, his first school, a bishop inspection, childhood romance, and the marriage of a girl to another man.

Cast

Production

The movie was shot on location in the New South Wales bush, mostly at the Wollondilly River area near Goulburn, in early 1925.[5] The director had previously worked as an assistant on While the Billy Boils (1921) and would direct The Birth of White Australia (1928).[3] He also tried to make a film of the novel Love Blind but was unable to raise finance.[6]

Most of the cast were anonymous people who lived in the area.[7]

Release

The film met with resistance from distributors who felt it was Roman Catholic propaganda.[8] It was also criticised for having little plot and consisting mostly of a travelogue of scenery and incidents in the country.[7]

However it did screen throughout Australia.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "MAJESTIC.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 9 February 1926. p. 11. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "Advertising.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 28 September 1925. p. 2. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 128.
  4. ↑ "THE MAJESTIC.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 8 February 1926. p. 9. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "THE MAJESTIC.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 8 February 1926. p. 9. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "DISTINGUISHED FILM PRODUCER.". Windsor and Richmond Gazette. NSW: National Library of Australia. 23 April 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  7. 1 2 "NEW FILMS.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 28 September 1925. p. 5. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  8. ↑ "FILM INQUIRY.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 9 June 1927. p. 6. Retrieved 1 August 2012.

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