A Silent Witness

A Silent Witness
Directed byFranklyn Barrett
Written bySydney Stirling
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Production
company
Release date
  • 22 May 1912 (1912-05-22)
Running time
2,400 feet
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

A Silent Witness is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett. It is considered a lost film. It was a drama set in Sydney with Cyril Mackay as the hero.

Barrett later claimed this detective drama was the first production in which he had a "free hand".

Barrett referred later to making a film for Wests which dealt with opium smuggling and caused issues with the police. It may have been this movie.

Of Sydney Stirling, Barrett wrote "I never knew an actor so responsive to direction, so keen to size up a situation and command it.”

Cast

References

  1. ↑ "PRODUCTION OF MOVING PICTURES-- IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Advertising". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. ↑ Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. ↑ "AMUSEMENTS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  5. ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35
  6. ↑ Barrett, Franklyn (10 December 1930), "Please, Mr. Policeman, May I Make a Movie? For "Everyones" by Franklyn Barrett.", Everyones, Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-564399119, retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Trove
  7. ↑ "ALONG FILM ROW.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 16 July 1930, nla.obj-562183768, retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Trove