The Lure of the Bush

The Lure of the Bush
Truth 26 October 1918
Directed byClaude Flemming
Written byFranklyn Barrett[2]
Story byPercy Reay as "Jack North"[3]
Produced byRock Phillips
Franklyn Barrett
StarringSnowy Baker
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Production
company
Snowy Baker Films
Distributed byE. J. Carroll
Release dates
  • 30 September 1918 (1918-09-30) (Australia)
  • 1919 (1919) (US)
[1]
Running time
six reels[4]
CountryAustralia
Languages
Budget£1,500[5][6]
Box officeover £20,000[5][6]

The Lure of the Bush is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It is considered a lost film.

  1. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 25, 190. New South Wales, Australia. 30 September 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference smh was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 25, 201. New South Wales, Australia. 12 October 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 83.
  6. ^ a b "Our Films Getting Face Lift". The Courier-Mail. Brisbane: National Library of Australia. 5 June 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 15 August 2012.