Ben Hall and His Gang

Ben Hall and his Gang is a 1911 Australian film about the bushranger Ben Hall, played by John Gavin, who also directed. It is considered a lost film.

Ben Hall and his Gang
Directed byJohn Gavin
Written byAgnes Gavin[1]
Produced byHerbert Finlay
Stanley Crick
StarringJohn Gavin
Agnes Gavin
CinematographyHerbert Finlay
Production
companies
Crick and Finlay
Release date
30 January 1911[2]
Running time
3,600 feet[3]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

The adventures of bushranger Ben Hall, including:

  • Ben Hall's home.
  • My Child! My Child! You Have No Mother
  • Ben Gambling to Forget his Sorrows.
  • Ben Hall arrested.
  • His First Crime.
  • Ben Hall's sensational escape from Bathurst Gaol.
  • Sticking up three police disguised as shearers.
  • Ben Hall's first robbery under arms.
  • Sticking up the Eugowra Mail.
  • Black Bob shot.
  • The Trooper's leap for life.
  • Hall meeting his false friend.
  • The Wages of Sin.[4][5]

Cast

The characters included:[6]

  • Ben Hall
  • Gilbert
  • Vane
  • O'Meally
  • Dunne

Production

This was the first film Gavin made for the producing team of Stanley Crick and Herbert Finlay after ending his association with H. A. Forsyth and Southern Cross Film Enterprises. Gavin publicly announced he had left Southern Cross in advertising for the film.[7]

Crick and Finlay were based out of offices at 75 York St Sydney.[8]

Reception

The film performed well at the box office.[9][10]

Gavin went on to make three more films for Crick and Finlay (Frank Gardiner, the King of the Road (1911), Keane of Kalgoorlie (1911), The Assigned Servant (1911)), and one for their new company, the Australian Photo-Play Company (The Mark of the Lash (1911)).[11]

References
  1. "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 18 January 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 3 October 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. 1 February 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "SUMMARY". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. NSW. 4 March 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 24 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "AMUSEMENTS." Barrier Miner (Broken Hill) 16 Mar 1911: 3. Retrieved 26 November 2011
  5. "Advertising". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW. 14 March 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 24 February 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 1 February 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 15 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 4 January 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 3 October 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "GENERAL GOSSIP". The Referee. Sydney. 15 February 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 15 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. "THIELE'S PICTURES". The Truth. Sydney. 19 February 1911. p. 11. Retrieved 15 February 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Film Theatres and Players". The Sydney Mail. NSW. 16 May 1928. p. 24. Retrieved 15 February 2016 – via 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, 12.


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