Joe is a 1924 Australian silent film comedy directed by Beaumont Smith based on the stories of Henry Lawson about the character Joe Wilson.
| Joe | |
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 Still from film | |
| Directed by | Beaumont Smith |
| Written by | Beaumont Smith |
| Based on | Joe Wilson & Joe Wilson's Mates by Henry Lawson |
| Produced by | Beaumont Smith |
| Starring | Arthur Tauchert Marie Lorraine |
| Cinematography | Lacey Percival |
Production company | Beaumont Smith's Productions |
| Distributed by | Beaumont Smith |
Release date | |
Running time | 5,000 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | silent |
Plot
editMary Brand (Constance Graham), the young housekeeper at old Black's station, becomes the wife of Joe Wilson (Arthur Tauchert), the painter. The couple take up farming, but Joe leaves on a business visit to Sydney, and becomes entangled in the affairs of his sister-in-law Barbara (Marie Lorraine), who has been instrumental in the destruction of a dress belonging to her employers. Joe pays for the dress and takes Barbara back to the bush.
Barbara reconciles with Harry Black, old Black's son, who has lately ended an unhappy marriage. Barbara and Harry fall in love.[4]
Action sequences include a bushfire and a ball in the city.
Cast
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- Arthur Tauchert as Joe Wilson
- Marie Lorraine as Barbara
- Constance Graham as Mary Brand
- Gordon Collingridge
- Fernande Butler
- Hal Scott
- Dunstan Webb
Production
editThe movie was the film debut of Marie Lorraine, one of the famous McDonagh sisters. It was shot in June 1924 on location in the Burragorang Valley near Sydney, with interiors at the Rushcutter's Bay studio of Australasian Films. The ball scene was shot at the Ambassador's Dance Palais over a one-day 14-hour shoot.[5]
The film was known before production as When the World Was Wide[6] and was shot in the under the title Plain Joe.[7]
Reception
editThe film received better reviews than most of Smith's work and was reportedly a box office success.[5][8][9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ross Cooper,"Filmography: Beaumont Smith", Cinema Papers, March–April 1976 p333
- ^ "THE WEEK'S PICTURES". Evening News. No. 17838. New South Wales, Australia. 21 August 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Joe". silentera.com. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "PRODUCTION OF "JOE"". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 13 September 1924. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
- ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 121.
- ^ "Arthur Tauchert to Star in New Production", Everyones, 4 (217): 17, 30 April 1924, retrieved 3 December 2018
- ^ "THE WEEK'S PICTURES". Evening News. No. 17814. New South Wales, Australia. 24 July 1924. p. 12. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "LAST NIGHT'S PICTURES". The Sunday Times. No. 2012. New South Wales, Australia. 24 August 1924. p. 20. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "AUSTRALIAN PICTURE". The Newcastle Sun. No. 2023. New South Wales, Australia. 20 September 1924. p. 7. Retrieved 3 December 2018 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
edit- Joe at IMDb
- Joe at National Film and Sound Archive
- Full text of Joe Wilson and His Mates by Henry Lawson
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