Robbery Under Arms (1907 MacMahon film)

Robbery Under Arms
Directed byCharles MacMahon
Written byCharles MacMahon
Based onRobbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood
StarringJim Gerald
CinematographyC. Byers Coates[1]
Release date
  • 1 October 1907 (1907-10-01)[2]
Running time
5,000 feet (over 60 min.)[3]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles
Budget£1,000[4][5]

Robbery Under Arms is a 1907 Australian silent western/drama film based on the 1888 novel by Rolf Boldrewood about two brothers and their relationship with the bushranger Captain Starlight.[4] It was the first film version of the novel and the third Australian feature ever made.[6]

It is considered a lost film,[4] and is not to be confused with another version of the novel that came out the same year.[7][6]

  1. ^ ""ROBBERY UNDER ARMS."". The Northern Star. Lismore, NSW. 14 January 1908. p. 2. Retrieved 24 August 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ ""Robbery Under Arms"". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2 October 1907. p. 12. Retrieved 24 August 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference morris was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b c Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 7-8
  5. ^ "Advertising." The Sydney Morning Herald 7 Nov 1907: 2
  6. ^ a b "Picture Profiles in the Olden Days". Winner. Melbourne. 9 February 1916. p. 11. Retrieved 26 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ ""Robbery Under Arms"". The West Australian. Perth. 24 December 1907. p. 9. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.