Caught in the Net | |
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Directed by | Vaughan C. Marshall |
Written by | Sheila Preston |
Starring | Zillah Bateman John Mayer |
Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
Production company | Advance Films |
Release date |
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Country | Australia |
Languages |
Silent film English intertitles |
Budget | £2,000 [2] [3] |
Caught in the Net is a 1928 Australian silent film about a woman in high society starring Zillah Bateman, a British theatre star who was touring Australia at the time. [4] Only part of the film survives. [2]
Society girl Phyllis Weston is loved by two men, handsome Jack Stacey and villainous Robson. In a yacht race, Robson tries to sabotage Jack's boat but fails. Robson then tries to get his sister to trap Jack in a comprising situation, but is unsuccessful.
The story includes a yacht race at St Kilda and a rescue from drowning at Portsea. [5]
Advance Films had held a competition to find best new Australian story. [6]
The film was shot in early 1928 with exteriors filmed at Portsea.
The film was released as a supporting feature and also was screened in the UK as a quota film. [2]
Everyone's reported that it had "fallen down at the box office." [3]
Caught in the Net | |
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Directed by | Vaughan C. Marshall |
Written by | Sheila Preston |
Starring | Zillah Bateman John Mayer |
Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
Production company | Advance Films |
Release date |
|
Country | Australia |
Languages |
Silent film English intertitles |
Budget | £2,000 [2] [3] |
Caught in the Net is a 1928 Australian silent film about a woman in high society starring Zillah Bateman, a British theatre star who was touring Australia at the time. [4] Only part of the film survives. [2]
Society girl Phyllis Weston is loved by two men, handsome Jack Stacey and villainous Robson. In a yacht race, Robson tries to sabotage Jack's boat but fails. Robson then tries to get his sister to trap Jack in a comprising situation, but is unsuccessful.
The story includes a yacht race at St Kilda and a rescue from drowning at Portsea. [5]
Advance Films had held a competition to find best new Australian story. [6]
The film was shot in early 1928 with exteriors filmed at Portsea.
The film was released as a supporting feature and also was screened in the UK as a quota film. [2]
Everyone's reported that it had "fallen down at the box office." [3]