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George Fisher (right).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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For the Term of
His Natural Life
(1926) Australia
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Norman Dawn (Norman O. Dawn)
Cast: George Fisher [Richard Devine, also known as Rufus Dawes; and John Rex], Eva Novak [Sylvia Vickers], Dunstan Webb [Lieutenant Maurice Frere], Jessica Harcourt [Sarah Purfoy], Arthur McLaglen [Matt Gabbett], Katherine Dawn [Mrs. Vickers], Kay Souper (Gerald Kay Souper) [Major Vickers], Marian Marcus Clarke [Lady Elinor Devine, Richard’s mother], Arthur Tauchert [Warden Troke], Compton Coutts [Reverend Meekin], Mayne Lynton [Reverend North], Beryl Gow [Sylvia Vickers, as a child], Carleton Stewart (Carleton Stuart) [Commandant Burgess], William O’Hanlon [‘The Crow’], James McMahon (Jimmy McMahon) [Tommy], Charles Weatherley [Captain Blunt], Arthur Greenaway [Lord Bellasis]; Edward Howell [Kirkpatrick], Fred Twitcham [Pine, a surgeon], Steve Murphy [Jeremy Vetch], Hartney J. Arthur [the second convict boy], Claude Turton [a convict], William Whornton [the aide-de-camp], George Lloyd, [?] ? [Sir Richard Devine]
Australasian Films, Limited, production; distributed by [?] Australasian Films, Limited? [A Union Master World Picture]. / Produced by Norman Dawn (Norman O. Dawn). Scenario by Norman Dawn (Norman O. Dawn), from the novel For the Term of His Natural Life by Marcus Clarke. Art direction by Dorothy Gordon and Norman Dawn (Norman O. Dawn). Set design by James Coleman. Assistant directors, William Reed and Claude Turton. Photographed (cinematography) by Len H. Roos, William Trerise (John William Trerise) and Bert Cross. Intertitle design by Norman Dawn (Norman O. Dawn). Edited by Katherine Dawn + [Norman Dawn (Norman O. Dawn) and Mona Donaldson]. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA on 4 June 1929.
Drama: Adventure-Romance.
Survival status: Print exists in the National Archives of Canada film archive.
Current rights holder: (unknown) [Australia]; Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Australia: New South Wales, Tasmania
Listing updated: 4 August 2024.
References: Film credits, film viewing : Shirley-Australian pp. 20, 86g, 90, 91-92, 93, 94, 97, 110 : ClasIm-305 p. 15 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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