The Shattered Illusion

The Shattered Illusion
Directed by A.G. Harbrow
Written by A.G. Harbrow
Starring J. Robertson Aiken
Cinematography Reg Robinson
Production
company
Victorian Film Productions
Release dates
 January 1928
Running time
 5,000 feet (45 mins)
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

The Shattered Illusion is a 1928 Australian silent film about a rich financier who is shipwrecked. Unlike many Australian silent films, a copy of it exists today.[1]

Plot

Financier Lewis Alden has a nervous breakdown and loses his memory. He joins the crew of a ship and is marooned after a storm at sea, along with Joyce. The shock of his causes him to regain his memory. One day he discovers a drifting lifeboat containing several newspapers and he discovers to his dismay that his companies have thrived in his absence and he is not as important as he once thought. He finds comfort from Joyce and after the two of them are rescued, decides to live on her family's plantation in New Guinea.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in July and August 1927, with interiors filmed in a backyard studio in Abbotsford, Melbourne.[1][2]

It was the first movie from Victorian Film Productions, who later made a comedy short, The Tramp (1929), and the feature, Tiger Island (1930).

References

  1. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 142.
  2. ↑ "ITEMS OF INTEREST.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 August 1927. p. 16. Retrieved 6 August 2012.


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