La Revanche (film)

La Revanche
Directed byW. J. Lincoln
G.H. Barnes
Written byW. J. Lincoln
Fred Kehoe[1]
Produced byW. J. Lincoln
StarringArthur Styan
Agnes Keogh
Stewart Garner
CinematographyMaurice Bertel[2]
Production
company
Cinema Films Ltd
Release date
  • 10 April 1916 (1916-04-10) (Melbourne)[3]
Running time
4,000 feet[4]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

La Revanche, also known as The Vengeance, is a 1916 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln about the revenge sought by Belgian friends of Edith Cavell against the Germans during World War I. It was a sequel to Nurse Cavell (1916), using many of the same cast and crew.[2][5]

It is considered a lost film.[6]

According to Lincoln's obituary in The Bulletin it was one of Lincoln's best films.[7]

  1. ^ "LA REVANCHE". The Mail. Adelaide. 6 May 1916. p. 6. Retrieved 19 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ a b "CINEMA PICTURES". Winner. Melbourne. 8 March 1916. p. 12. Retrieved 24 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June−July 1980 p. 214
  4. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Examiner. Launceston, Tas. 27 May 1916. p. 5 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 19 April 2012 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 61
  6. ^ Marsden, Ralph. 'The Old Tin Shed in Exhibition Street': The J. C. Williamson Studio, Melbourne's Forgotten Film Factory [online]. Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine, No. 157, 2008: 144-153. Availability: <http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=519108300276483;res=IELAPA> ISSN 0312-2654. [cited 15 Nov 14].
  7. ^ "AT POVERTY POINT". The Bulletin. 6 September 1917.