Do Men Love Women?
| Do Men Love Women? | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alfred Rolfe |
| Starring | Charles Villiers |
Production company | |
Release dates | 11 January 1912[1] |
Running time | 3,500 feet[2] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
Do Men Love Women? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about an alcoholic who reforms through the love of a good woman. The finale featured a railway collision.[3][4]
It is a lost film.
Plot
Chapter headings for the film were:
- the dinner party
- the first sign of the inebriate
- the success of the young novelist
- a patient wife
- heartbroken
- the drunkard's action
- the curse of drink
- the love of a woman
- cured
- the nurses' intrigue
- this is our child
- repentance
- the great railway smash
- men do love women.[5]
Cast
- Charles Villiers
Production
The film was shot in Sydney.[6]
Reception
The film seems to have been widely distributed, with the railway collision prominently advertised. Reviews were generally strong.[7][8] It was described as a "modern East Lynne".[9]
Charles Villiers, who appeared in the cast, would accompany screenings of the film as a lecturer.[10]
References
- ↑ "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 January 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "Advertising.". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. NSW: National Library of Australia. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 31
- ↑ "Advertising.". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. NSW: National Library of Australia. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "Advertising.". Williamstown Chronicle. Vic.: National Library of Australia. 17 February 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ↑ "ALLMAN'S PICTURES.". Warwick Examiner and Times. Qld.: National Library of Australia. 12 February 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "THE Traralgon Record,.". Traralgon Record. Traralgon, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 16 February 1912. p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ↑ "Advertising.". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld.: National Library of Australia. 9 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2012.
- ↑ "Advertising.". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 10 January 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Daily Leader AND STOCK AND STATION NEWS.". The Leader. Orange, NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 January 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
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