Robbery Under Arms (1907 Tait film)

Robbery Under Arms
Based onRobbery Under Arms by Rolf Boldrewood
Produced byJohn Tait
Nevin Tait
Johnson & Gibson
Release date
  • 31 October 1907 (1907-10-31)[1]
Running time
over 5,000 feet[2] or nearly two hours[3]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Robbery Under Arms is a 1907 Australian film based on the popular 1888 novel. It was from the team of John and Nevin Tait and Millard Johnson and William Gibson, who had just made The Story of the Kelly Gang.[4][5][6] It is considered a lost film.

Another film based on the same the book came out the same year, from the MacMahon brothers, which was filmed in Sydney.[7][8][9] This has led to some confusion as to whether the Tait-Johnson-Gibson film even existed.

  1. ^ "Advertising". Melbourne Punch. 31 October 1907. p. 27. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "ENGAGEMENT". Melbourne Punch. 31 October 1907. p. 27. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ ""ROBBERY UNDER ARMS."". Goulburn Evening Penny Post. New South Wales, Australia. 31 December 1907. p. 2. Retrieved 10 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Greenroom Gossip". Melbourne Punch. 10 October 1907. p. 34. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ ""Robbery under Arms."". Table Talk. Melbourne. 7 November 1907. p. 24. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Film Year Book: The 1922-23 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures" p 171. Retrieved 24 June 2015
  7. ^ ""ROBBERY UNDER ARMS."". The West Australian. Perth. 24 December 1907. p. 9. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "PICTURE PROFILES IN THE OLDEN DAYS". Winner. Melbourne. 9 February 1916. p. 11. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ W Gibson obituary which refers to film