Hands Across the Sea (film) explained

Hands Across the Sea
Director:Gaston Mervale
Based On:play by Henry Pettitt
Starring:Louise Carbasse
Studio:Australian Life Biograph Company
Runtime:3.500 feet[1]
Country:Australia
Language:Silent film
English intertitles

Hands Across the Sea is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Gaston Mervale starring Louise Lovely.

Plot

Jack Dudley, an English farmer, is married to Lilian, who is desired by the evil Robert Stilwood. While Jack and Lilian are honeymooning in Paris, Stilwood frames Dudley for murder and he is sentenced to imprisonment in a French penal colony in New Caledonia. He escapes and is rescued by a British man-o-war.[2]

Production

The film was based on a popular English play by Henry Pettitt.[3]

Release

An American film with the same title was released in Australia around the same time.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Advertising. . . Perth, WA . 28 October 1912 . 26 January 2012 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Lyric Pictures. . . Adelaide . 10 February 1912 . 26 January 2012 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: THEATRE ROYAL. . . Melbourne . 1 October 1888 . 26 January 2012 . 10 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Advertising. . . 8 January 1912 . 26 January 2012 . 2 . National Library of Australia.