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1912 Australian film by Franklyn Barrett

A Silent Witness
Directed by	Franklyn Barrett
Written by	Sydney Stirling
Cinematography	Franklyn Barrett
Production company	West's Pictures
Release date	22 May 1912 (1912-05-22)
Running time	2,400 feet
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent 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

Cyril Mackay
Irby Marshall
Charles Lawrence
Sydney Stirling
Leonard Willey
George Bryant
Loris Brown

References

"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.
"Advertising". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
"AMUSEMENTS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35
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
"ALONG FILM ROW.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 16 July 1930, nla.obj-562183768, retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Trove

External links

A Silent Witness at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Franklyn Barrett
Features	The Christian (1911) All for Gold, or Jumping the Claim (1911) The Mystery of the Black Pearl (1912) A Silent Witness (1912) The Eleventh Hour (1912) The Life of a Jackeroo (1913) A Blue Gum Romance (1913) The Pioneers (1916) The Monk and the Woman (1917) Australia's Peril (1917) Struck Oil (1919) The Breaking of the Drought (1920) A Girl of the Bush (1921) Know Thy Child (1921) A Rough Passage (1922)
Shorts/Documentaries	Dummy Mace (1901) A Message from Mars (1903) Ally Sloper as a conjuror (1903) Ally Sloper on Holiday (1903) Ally Sloper at the Races (1903) The Melbourne Cup (1904) The Sea Coasts of New Zealand (1908)

Films directed by Franklyn Barrett

Features

The Christian (1911)
All for Gold, or Jumping the Claim (1911)
The Mystery of the Black Pearl (1912)
A Silent Witness (1912)
The Eleventh Hour (1912)
The Life of a Jackeroo (1913)
A Blue Gum Romance (1913)
The Pioneers (1916)
The Monk and the Woman (1917)
Australia's Peril (1917)
Struck Oil (1919)
The Breaking of the Drought (1920)
A Girl of the Bush (1921)
Know Thy Child (1921)
A Rough Passage (1922)

Shorts/Documentaries

Dummy Mace (1901)
A Message from Mars (1903)
Ally Sloper as a conjuror (1903)
Ally Sloper on Holiday (1903)
Ally Sloper at the Races (1903)
The Melbourne Cup (1904)
The Sea Coasts of New Zealand (1908)

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