Won on the Post explained

Won on the Post
Director:Alfred Rolfe
Based On:story by Nat Gould[1] [2]
Studio:Australian Photo-Play Company
Distributor:Gaumont[3]
Runtime:2,600 feet[4]
Language:Silent film
English intertitles
Country:Australia

Won on the Post is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe set against a backdrop of horseracing.[5]

It is considered a lost film.[6]

Plot

Two brothers love the same girl, but she loves the younger brother. He falls in with some gamblers and to pay them back arranges to nobble his father's race horse. The younger brother falls in love with a bar maid, who overhears a plot to rob him – she is caught but escapes and warns her love. The younger brother fights the robbers and is wounded but recovers to marry the barmaid. The elder brother is reunited with his former sweetheart.[7]

Production

The film was shot in and around Sydney including at Randwick Racecourse. There were also scenes filmed in the bush.[8]

Reception

The racing scene at Randwick was especially praised.[9]

One reviewer wrote that the film "began well, with excellent pictures of sporting Randwick, but when it got up the country it became somewhat absurd."[10]

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: BIJOU PICTURES. . . NSW . 2 July 1912 . 31 March 2015 . 2 Edition: EVENING . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: THE FEDERAL CAPITAL. . . Hay, NSW . 9 July 1912 . 31 March 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: Advertising. . . Sydney . 15 June 1912 . 14 September 2013 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Advertising. . . Sydney . 25 May 1912 . 14 September 2013 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  5. 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
  6. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 35
  7. News: HERBERT'S PICTURES. . . 8 August 1912 . 10 November 2014 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
  8. News: Advertising. . . Sydney . 15 May 1912 . 14 September 2013 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
  9. News: ENTERTAINMENTS. . . Vic. . 5 June 1912 . 31 March 2015 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  10. News: GORDON'S PICTURES. . . NSW . 14 June 1912 . 31 March 2015 . 13 . National Library of Australia.