Sentenced for Life

Sentenced for Life is an Australian film directed by E. J. Cole. It was an adaptation of a play performed by Cole and his Bohemian Dramatic Company as early as 1904.[5]

For the 1960 film, see Sentenced for Life (1960 film).

Sentenced for Life
Directed byE. J. Cole
Based onplay Sentenced for Life
StarringBohemian Dramatic Company
Production
company
Australian Biograph Company[1]
Distributed byPathes Freres[2]
Release date
29 May 1911[3]
Running time
2,000 feet[4]
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles

It is considered a lost film.[6]

Plot

A man is wrongly convicted and sentenced as a convict.[7] According to a contemporary report, "Vivid convict scenes are enacted, ending with a revolt by the prisoners. There is a happy ending of wedding bells."[1] It turns out the young man's rival was responsible and he is punished.[8]

Chapter headings were:

  • the Favourite;
  • it did look suspicious
  • the Blackmailer,
  • Outlaw and the Child,
  • Slight Breeze,
  • Malaysia,
  • General Commotion,
  • Blighted Hopes,
  • Manufacture of Almonds[4]

Cast of theatre production

In 1911 the cast of a theatre production of the play in Geelong was listed as follows:

  • E. I. Cole as Mr. Bertram,
  • Mr. Frank Mills as Richard Hayward,
  • W. S. Marshall as Jabez Ooh
  • J. R. Wilson as Sammy Traddles
  • Vene Linden as Mary Bertram[9]

It is highly likely at least some of these actors repeated their performance in the film.

References
  1. "AMUSEMENTS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 12 June 1911. p. 9. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  2. "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 26 April 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  3. "PEOPLE'S CONCERT". Geelong Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 29 May 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  4. "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 17 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  5. "BOHEMIAN DRAMATIC COMPANY." The Sydney Morning Herald 18 Jan 1904: 3 accessed 31 December 2011
  6. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 21.
  7. "SHAFTESBURY PICTURE GARDENS". The Daily News. Perth, WA: National Library of Australia. 8 June 1911. p. 2 Edition: THIRD EDITION. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  8. "Local and General Topics". Bunyip. Gawler, SA: National Library of Australia. 30 June 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 4 December 2014.
  9. "Advertising". Geelong Advertiser. National Library of Australia. 1 July 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 4 December 2014.


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