The Rushing Tide

The Rushing Tide
Directed by Gerald M. Hayle
Produced by Gerald M. Hayle
Written by Gerald M. Hayle
Starring Beth Darvall
Cinematography Tasman Higgins
Production
company
Koala Films
Release dates
19 October 1927 (preview)[1]
5 February 1928[2]
Running time
6,500 feet
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

The Rushing Tide is a 1927 Australian silent film about the search for a hoard of diamonds. It was not a success at the box office and is considered a lost film.[3]

Plot

Harold Wilson inherits a map showing the location of a hoard of diamonds. He sets out to find them with Howard Morrison and his wife. On a lonely stretch of the coast they meet Ruth Jeffries and her father, a fugitive from the police, who has the diamonds. Howard steals the diamonds, kills Jeffries, abducts Ruth, and puts Harold and his wife in an open boat out to sea. Mrs Morrison dies but Harold is rescued. He tracks down Ruth, saves her from Howard - who has discovered the diamonds are worthless - and marries Ruth.[3]

Cast

Production

The film reunited director Gerald Hayle with Beth Darvall, the star of his previous film, Environment (1927). It was shot in July 1927 partly in an old cinema in the Melbourne suburb of Glenhuntly which had been converted into a studio, with location work done near Portsea, Victoria, at Sorrento, Beauamris and Black Bock, Melbourne.[3][4]

Release

Hayle announced plans to make another movie with Darvall, The Sanctuary.[5] It does not appear to have been made, but they worked together again on Tiger Island (1930).

References

  1. "ENTERTAINMENTS.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 October 1927. p. 4. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  2. "AMUSEMENTS.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 4 February 1928. p. 13. Retrieved 5 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, 141.
  4. "No title.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954). Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 15 December 1927. p. 11. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. "The Mainland Day by Day.". The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954). Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 26 November 1927. p. 8. Retrieved 5 August 2012.


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