The Wreck (1913 film)

The Wreck is an Australian film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on a poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon about the ride to help by a farmhand who has witnessed a shipwreck. It is considered a lost film.^[4]

The Wreck
Directed by	W. J. Lincoln
Written by	W. J. Lincoln
Based on	poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon
Cinematography	Maurice Bertel
Production company	Lincoln Cass[1]
Release date	21 June 1915 (1915-06-21)[2][3]
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film English intertitles

The movie was made in 1913 by Lincoln Cass in Melbourne.^[5] However it was not released until 1915 in Sydney. W. J. Lincoln later made a film of Gordon's life, The Life's Romance of Adam Lindsay Gordon (1916).^[6]

The film screened in Cairns in 1916.^[7]

References

1. "AT THE STRAND". Sunday Times. No. 1535. New South Wales, Australia. 20 June 1915. p. 16. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
2. "STRAND PICTURES". The Sun. No. 638. New South Wales, Australia. 20 June 1915. p. 11. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "PICTURE SHOWS". The Sun. No. 639. New South Wales, Australia. 27 June 1915. p. 23. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
4. "LOCAL ACTORS SHOWED U.S.A. WAY TO MAKE PICTURES". Smith's Weekly. Vol. XII, no. 5. New South Wales, Australia. 15 March 1930. p. 6. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
5. "Advertising". Referee. No. 1407. New South Wales, Australia. 15 October 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
6. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 46
7. "Advertising". Cairns Post. Vol. XXIX, no. 2437. Queensland, Australia. 22 February 1916. p. 1. Retrieved 19 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.

External links

• original text of From the Wreck by Adam Lindsay Gordon
• The Wreck at AustLit
• The Wreck at IMDb
• The Wreck at AusStage