Robbery Under Arms (1907 Tait film)

Robbery Under Arms
Produced by John Tait
Nevin Tait
Johnson & Gibson
Based on novel by Rolf Boldrewood
Release dates
 31 October 1907[1]
Running time
 over 5,000 feet[2]
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Robbery Under Arms is a 1907 Australian film based on the popular novel. It was from the team of J and N Tait and Millard Johnson and W Gibson, who had just made The Story of the Kelly Gang.[3][4][5]

It is considered a lost film.

Another version of the book came out the same year, which was filmed in Sydney.[6][7][8]

This has led to some confusion as to whether the Tait-Johnson-Gibson film even existed.

Plot

According to a contemporary newspaper report, " All the incidents of the romantic bushranger Starlight are enacted, from the first incident, the branding of stolen cattle, to the "Last stand of Starlight and the Marston boys."[9]

Production

The film was completed by October 1907. It was shot in Melbourne[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Advertising.". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 31 October 1907. p. 27. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "ENGAGEMENT.". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 31 October 1907. p. 27. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  3. ↑ "Greenroom Gossip.". Punch (Melbourne, Vic. : 1900 - 1918; 1925). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1907. p. 34. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  4. ↑ ""Robbery under Arms.".". Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1907. p. 24. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Film Year Book: The 1922-23 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures" p 171 accessed 24 june 2015
  6. ↑ ""ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.".". The West Australian (Perth, WA : 1879 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 24 December 1907. p. 9. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  7. ↑ "PICTURE PROFILES IN THE OLDEN DAYS.". Winner (Melbourne, Vic. : 1914 - 1917). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 9 February 1916. p. 11. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  8. ↑ W Gibson obituary which refers to film
  9. ↑ ""ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.".". The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947). Brisbane, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 11 February 1908. p. 5. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  10. ↑ "MUSIC AND THE DRAMA.". Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954). Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 11 October 1907. p. 2 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
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