Charles Villiers (actor)
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Charles Villiers was an Australian actor and occasional director who appeared in many silent films. He was a particular favourite of director Alfred Rolfe
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Alfred Rolfe (director)
Alfred Rolfe was an Australian film director and actor. He was the son-in-law of Alfred Dampier and husband to Lily Dampier...
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- Moora Neya, or The Message of the SpearMoora Neya, or The Message of the SpearMoora Neya, or the Message of the Spear is a 1911 Australian silent film. It is a melodrama set in the Australian bush....
(1911) - The Lady OutlawThe Lady OutlawThe Lady Outlaw is a 1911 Australian silent film set in Van Diemen's Land during convict days. It is a melodrama about a woman who follows her lover when he is transported to Hobart....
(1911) - Way OutbackWay OutbackWay Outback is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. A 'bush romance', it is considered a lost film....
(1911) - What Women SufferWhat Women SufferWhat Women Suffer is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is a Victorian melodrama, complete with a climax where a little child is placed on a moving sawbench. -Cast:*Alfred Rolfe*Ethel Phillips*Stanley Walpole*Charles Villiers...
(1911) - The Cup WinnerThe Cup WinnerThe Cup Winner is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is set against a backdrop of horseracing and the finale involves real footage from the 1911 Melbourne Cup....
(1911) - Caloola, or The Adventures of a JackerooCaloola, or The Adventures of a JackerooCaloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. The plot concerns a woman who is abducted by a tribe of Australian aborigines....
(1911) - King of the CoinersKing of the CoinersKing of the Coiners is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about a police sergeant who doubles as the head of a gang of counterfeiters....
(1912) - Do Men Love Women?Do Men Love Women?Do Men Love Women? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. The finale featured a railway collision....
(1912) - The Sin of a WomanThe Sin of a WomanThe Sin of a Woman is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. Not much is known about it apart from the fact it stars regular Rolfe collaborator, Charles Villiers....
(1912) - The Crime and the CriminalThe Crime and the CriminalThe Crime and the Criminal is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It features the same railway collision as the climax in Do Men Love Women? ....
(1912) - Cooee and the EchoCooee and the EchoCooee and the Echo is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about a young miner seeking to avenge the death of his brother....
(1912) - The Love TyrantThe Love TyrantThe Love Tyrant is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. Little is known about the story and it is a lost film....
(1912) - The CheatThe Cheat (1912 film)The Cheat is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is about an Englishman wrongly accused of a crime who gets a job on a station and romances the squatter's daughter....
(1912) - Whose Was the Hand?Whose Was the Hand?Whose Was the Hand? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is a detective drama about the conviction of an innocent man....
(1912) - The Moira, or Mystery of the BushThe Moira, or Mystery of the BushMoira, or The Mystery of the Bush is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe....
(1912) - 'Neath Austral Skies'Neath Austral Skies'Neath Austral Skies is a 1913 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford.-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
(1913) - Sea Dogs of AustraliaSea Dogs of AustraliaSea Dogs of Australia is a 1913 Australian silent film about an Australian naval officer blackmailed into helping a foreign spy.-External links:* at the National Film and Sound Archive...
(1913) - The Silence of Dean MaitlandThe Silence of Dean Maitland (1914 film)The Silence of Dean Maitland is a 1914 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. It is an adaptation of the novel by Maxwell Gray which was later filmed by Ken G. Hall in 1934....
(1914) - The Sunny South or The Whirlwind of FateThe Sunny South or The Whirlwind of FateThe Sunny South, or the Whirlwind of Fate is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe based on the popular play by George Darrell....
(1915) - The Loyal RebelThe Loyal RebelThe Loyal Rebel is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe set against the background of the Eureka Rebellion.-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
(1915) - For AustraliaFor AustraliaFor Australia is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Monte Luke about a newspaper journalist who discovers a German spy ring in Sydney and destroys a German wireless station in Samoa. -External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
(1915) - The Martyrdom of Nurse CavellThe Martyrdom of Nurse CavellThe Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell is a 1916 Australian silent film about the execution of nurse Edith Cavell during World War I.-Synopsis:The story is told in four parts. The film starts at the English home of Edith Cavell before the war, then jumps forward six years to a Belgium hospital...
(1916) - In the Last StrideIn the Last StrideIn the Last Stride is a 1916 Australian silent film directed by Martyn Keith based on a popular action novel by Arthur Wright. The film's star, Dave Smith, was a champion heavyweight boxer who had fought Les Darcy. There was also an appearance from boxer Les O'Donnell.-External links:* at...
(1916) - The Mutiny of the BountyThe Mutiny of the BountyThe Mutiny of the Bounty is a 1916 Australian-New Zealand silent film directed by Raymond Longford about the mutiny on the HMS Bounty. It was filmed in Rotorua and Sydney....
(1916) - The Murder of Captain FryattThe Murder of Captain FryattThe Murder of Captain Fryatt is a 1917 Australian silent film about the execution of Captain Charles Fryatt during World War I. The film was a follow up from John and Agnes Gavin to their popular hit The Martyrdom of Nurse Cavell , but was not as successful at the box office.-Cast:*Harrington...
(1917) - Australia's PerilAustralia's Peril-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
(1917) - His Convict BrideHis Convict BrideHis Convict Bride is a 1918 Australian silent film from the team of John and Agnes Gavin. It was a convict-era melodrama set in 1813. After the film was made, the Gavins moved to Hollywood for several years to work before returning in 1925.-Cast:...
(1918) - A Coo-ee from HomeA Coo-ee from HomeA Coo-ee from Home is a 1918 Australian silent film directed by Charles Woods about a miner who falls in love with a wealthy heiress. During filming a climactic shark attack, leading actor Bryce Rowe was attacked by a real shark and almost died....
(1918) - Satan in SydneySatan in SydneySatan in Sydney is a 1918 Australian melodrama from director Beaumont Smith. It was his first film which was not about the rural family, the Hayseeds.-Synopsis:...
(1918) - The Face at the WindowThe Face at the WindowThe Face at the Window may refer to:*The Face at the Window , a stage play by F. Brooke Warren*The Face at the Window *The Face at the Window *The Face at the Window...
(1919) - also directed - The Man from KangarooThe Man from KangarooThe Man from Kangaroo is a 1920 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It was the first of several films he made with the husband and wife team of director Wilfred Lucas and writer Bess Meredyth, both of whom had been imported from Hollywood.-External links:* at...
(1920) - While the Billy BoilsWhile the Billy BoilsWhile the Billy Boils is a 1921 Australian film from director Beaumont Smith which adapts several stories from Henry Lawson. Lawson himself appears in a brief prologue.-External links:* in the Internet Movie Database...
(1921) - Possum PaddockPossum PaddockPossum Paddock is a 1921 Australian film based on a popular play by Kate Howarde. The story concerns a bushman who has to sell off a paddock to pay for his bank loan and his daughter, who is torn between two men.-External links:* at IMDB...
(1921) - co-directed - The Lust for GoldThe Lust for GoldThe Lust for Gold is a 1922 Australian silent film directed by Roy Darling. The film ended up only being released in one cinema. Darling had invested £400 of his own money and lost it all....
(1922) - A Daughter of AustraliaA Daughter of Australia (1922 film)A Daughter of Australia is a 1922 Australian silent film directed by Lawson Harris.-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
(1922) - When the Kellys Were OutWhen the Kellys Were OutWhen the Kellys Were Out is an Australian feature length film directed by Harry Southwell about Ned Kelly.-External links:* at National Film and Sound Archive...
(1923) - Daughter of the EastDaughter of the EastDaughter of the East, also known as The Boy of the Dardanelles, is a 1924 Australian silent film about an Englishman who falls in love with an Greek girl, who is kidnapped by a Turkish pasha just before World War I...
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External links
- Charles Villiers at the National Film and Sound ArchiveNational Film and Sound ArchiveThe National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...