The Love Tyrant Explained

The Love Tyrant
Director:Alfred Rolfe
Starring:Charles Villiers
Studio:Australian Photo-Play Company[1]
Released:[2]
Runtime:1,800 feet[3] or 2,200 feet[4]
Language:Silent film
English intertitles
Country:Australia

The Love Tyrant is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It was described as an "Australian drama about the back blocks"[5] and a "stirring drama full of thrilling incidents".[6] It was set during the early bushranging days.[7]

It is a lost film.[8]

The film was also known as Love the Tyrant.[9]

Plot

The story begins on Christmas Day at Farmer Morrison's home. Morrison's son, William, has been secretly married to Annie, the maid. Morrison wishes his son to marry Dora. When William tells him the truth, he kicks out his son and wife.

Time passes and William owns a farm and has a son with Annie. On returning' one-night from his work, tired and hungry, he has a dispute with his wife, who threatens to leave. Troubled and worn out, he falls a sleep and dreams a dream in which he imagines his wife has left him for another man.

A mail robbery occurs in the district and William and three stockmen are falsely accused. After his trial, he returns to find his stock ruined. He runs away to the bush and becomes an outlaw. He is sentenced to death and as he is placed on the scaffold he wakes up to find his wife at his side. He becomes reconciled to his father who proved the enemy of his dream.[10]

Released

The movie was selected to open the new Glenferrie Theatre in Melbourne. In Sydney and Adelaide it was screened as Love, the Tyrant.[11] [12]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Advertising . . 23,163 . New South Wales, Australia . 8 April 1912 . 2 June 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Advertising . Punch . CXVI . 2958 . Victoria, Australia . 4 April 1912 . 2 June 2024 . 40 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Advertising. . . Sydney . 21 December 1912 . 14 September 2013 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Advertising . Referee . 1327 . New South Wales, Australia . 10 April 1912 . 2 June 2024 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
  5. News: AMUSEMENTS. . . Adelaide . 18 December 1912 . 29 March 2012 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  6. News: OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS. . . 10 April 1912 . 14 September 2013 . 17 . National Library of Australia.
  7. News: THE STRUTTER'S PAGE. . . Sydney . 20 April 1912 . 14 September 2013 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  8. Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  9. News: Advertising . . 23,164 . New South Wales, Australia . 9 April 1912 . 2 June 2024 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: "Love the Tyrant.". . . SA . 2 November 1912 . 14 September 2013 . 5 . National Library of Australia.
  11. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 34
  12. News: Advertising. . . 8 April 1912 . 29 March 2012 . 2 . National Library of Australia.