Captain Midnight, the Bush King

Captain Midnight, the Bush King
Screen shot from film
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
Based onThe Bush King
by W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Dampier
Produced byCosens Spencer
Alan J. Williamson
StarringAlfred Rolfe
Lily Dampier
Raymond Longford
CinematographyErnest Higgins[1][2]
Edited byErnest Higgins
Distributed byE. J. Carroll (Qld)[3]
Lennon, Hyman & Lennon (Sth Aust)
Jury's Pictures (UK)[4]
Sawyers Inc (USA)
Release date
  • 9 February 1911 (1911-02-09)[5]
Running time
2,000 feet[6]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget£800[7]

Captain Midnight, the Bush King (US: The Bushranger's Bride) is a 1911 Australian silent Western film about the fictitious bushranger Captain Midnight. It was the directorial debut of actor Alfred Rolfe. The film is based on the play of same name by W. J. Lincoln and Alfred Dampier. Captain Midnight, the Bush King is now considered lost.[8][9]

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  2. ^ "Production of Moving Pictures — In America and Australia". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Advertising". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 25 February 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Our London Correspondent" Moving Picture News Jan-Dec 1911 p 29
  5. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 9 February 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  6. ^ "Brevities". Independent (Footscray, Vic. : 1883–1922). Footscray, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 20 May 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  7. ^ Graham Shirley and Brian Adams, Australian Cinema: The First Eighty Years, Currency Press 1983 p 29
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  9. ^ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950