Caught in the Net

Caught in the Net
Directed by Vaughan C. Marshall
Written by Sheila Preston
Starring Zillah Bateman
John Mayer
Cinematography Tasman Higgins
Production
company
Advance Films
Release dates
 14 July 1928[1]
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles
Budget ₤2,000[2]

Caught in the Net is a 1928 Australian silent film about a woman in high society starring Zillah Bateman, a British theatre star who was touring Australia at the time.[3] Only part of the film survives.[2]

Plot

Society girl Phyllis Weston is loved y two men, handsome Jack Stacey and villainous Robson. In a yacht race, Robson tries to sabotage Jack's boat but fails. Robson then tries to get his sister to trap Jack in a comprising situation, but is unsuccessful.

The story includes a yacht race at St Kilda and a rescue from drowning at Portsea.[4]

Cast

Production

Advance Films had held a competition to find best new Australian story.[5]

The film was shot in early 1928 with exteriors filmed at Portsea.

Release

The film was released as a supporting feature and also was screened in the UK as a quota film.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "THE HAYMARKET.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 July 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 145.
  3. ↑ "THE GRAND THEATRE.". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1928. p. 21. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "THE PICTURES.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  5. ↑ "MOVIES AND MUMMERS.". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 10 July 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 5 August 2012.

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