The Lady Outlaw

The Lady Outlaw is a 1911 Australian silent film set in Van Diemen's Land during convict days.[4]

The Lady Outlaw
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villiers
Alice Emslie
Production
company
Release date
28 August 1911
Running time
2,500 feet[2] or over 3,000 feet[3]
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent film
English intertitles

It was also known as By His Excellency's Command or By His Excellency's Command, a Tale of a Lady Outlaw.[5][6][7]

It is considered a lost film.

Plot

In the 1860s,[8] Dorothy's lover is transported to Hobart for committing a crime. She follows him there only to discover he has been assigned as a servant to a villainous land owner and has escaped to the hills, where police believe he has died.

Dorothy decides to seek revenge and leads a group of escape convicts on raids on the land owner's house. She then discovers her lover is alive and married to another woman. She decides to remain a bushranger until she gets involved in a shoot out by the sea.

After a duel between a lieutenant and her last surviving follower, she is captured by police.[9]

The chapter headings were:

  • Arrested-for Forgery
  • Transported for Life
  • A Woman's Devotion
  • Lieutenant Dashwood escapes
  • Struggle on the Cliffs
  • Dashed to Death
  • A Bid-for Freedom
  • A Free Pardon[10]

Cast

Production

The film was shot in New South Wales and featured a bushfire scene.[11]

It starred Alice Emslie, a champion horsewoman, in the lead role.[12]

Release

The film was previewed in Melbourne in August 1911.[13]

The Hobart Mercury reported that "the picture is described as one of the finest yet shown in Hobart, and the novelty of the subject should bo the means of drawing large houses."[14]

References
  1. "Advertising". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 August 1911. p. 20. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. "Picture Shows". Williamstown Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 27 January 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. "AMUSEMENTS". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 29 August 1912. p. 12. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  4. Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  5. "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 8 November 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  6. "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. National Library of Australia. 23 October 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  7. "Advertising". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 3 October 1911. p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
  8. "WEST'S PICTURES". Bairnsdale Advertiser and Tambo and Omeo Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 13 January 1912. p. 2 Edition: Morning. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  9. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998,23
  10. "CITIZENS' CONCERRTS". Geelong Advertiser. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 1 February 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 10 November 2014.
  11. "Maffra Spectator". The Maffra Spectator. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 18 January 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
  12. "OBITUARY". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. NSW: National Library of Australia. 16 May 1945. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  13. "GENERAL GOSSIP". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 9 August 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  14. "AMUSEMENTS". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 9 September 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 2 April 2015.
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