The Shadow of Lightning Ridge
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The Shadow of Lightning Ridge is a 1921 Australian silent film
starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. Inspired by Zorro
, he plays an Australian studying who returns home to avenge his mother against a powerful squatter. He becomes a bushranger
, known as 'the Shadow', attacking the squatter's land.
It was the last of three films Baker made with the husband and wife team of director Wilfred Lucas
and writer Bess Meredyth
, both of whom had been imported from Hollywood.
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. Inspired by Zorro
Zorro
Zorro is a fictional character created in 1919 by New York-based pulp writer Johnston McCulley. The character has been featured in numerous books, films, television series, and other media....
, he plays an Australian studying who returns home to avenge his mother against a powerful squatter. He becomes a bushranger
Bushranger
Bushrangers, or bush rangers, originally referred to runaway convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities...
, known as 'the Shadow', attacking the squatter's land.
It was the last of three films Baker made with the husband and wife team of director Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas was a Canadian stage and film actor, film director, and screenwriter.-Career:A native of Ontario, Canada, Lucas headed to New York City to work in the theater, making his Broadway acting debut in 1904 at the Savoy Theater in the production of The Superstition of Sue...
and writer Bess Meredyth
Bess Meredyth
Bess Meredyth was a film writer and silent film actress. The wife of the Casablanca director Michael Curtiz, Meredyth wrote The Affairs of Cellini and adapted The Unsuspected . She was one of the 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, both of whom had been imported from Hollywood.
External links
- The Shadow of Lightning Ridge at 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...