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The Eleventh Hour is a 1912 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film.

Plot

The script is based on a play "showing the adventures and vicissitudes in the life of a Girl Telegraphist".

The action consisted of four acts:

• Act 1 – 'Pangs of Jealousy'
• Act 2 – 'Bad Blood'
• Act 3 – 'The Distress Call'
• Act 4 – 'The Eleventh Hour'

Cast

• Cyril Mackay
• Sidney Stirling
• Leonard Willey
• Charles Lawrence
• Loris Brown
• Irby Marshall

Production

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

Production

The cast worked for JC Williamsons.

Release

The film was shot in Sydney and released in that city in 1912. It screened in London in September 1913 under the title Saved by Telegram.

The critic from The Sydney Morning Herald said that "the story is a thrilling one, whilst the cinematographic work of Mr. Franklyn Barrett, the West expert, is particularly good."

The Sun called it "pne of the finest pictures yet shown under the West Ltd., management. Tlie play itself, too, has much to recommend it, especially since the - Jove-story- running through it is not. of a maudlin charaoter. The piece is splendidly acted."

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. "BERNHARDT AT WEST'S THEATRES". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 168. New South Wales, Australia. 13 April 1912. p. 21. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
3. "WEST'S PICTURES". Sunday Times. No. 1369. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
4. > "Advertising." The Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 1912
5. "WEST'S PICTURES". Truth. No. 1082. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
6. "ALONG FILM ROW.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 16 July 1930, nla.obj-562183768, retrieved 16 August 2024 – via Trove
7. ^ "FILM FACTS AND FANCIES". The Sun. No. 472. New South Wales, Australia. 14 April 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 16 August 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
8. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 34.
9. "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 April 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 18 September 2013.

External links

• The Eleventh Hour at IMDb

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