The Bells (1911 film)

The Bells
Directed byW. J. Lincoln
Written byW. J. Lincoln
Based onthe play The Bells by Erckmann-Chatrian
adapted by Leopold Lewis
and W. J. Lincoln
Produced byWilliam Gibson
Millard Johnson
John Tait
Nevin Tait
StarringArthur Styan
Nellie Bramley
CinematographyOrrie Perry[4]
Production
company
Distributed byTait's Pictures
Release date
  • 7 October 1911 (1911-10-07) (Melbourne)[1]
[2][3]
Running time
4,000 feet[5]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Bells is a 1911 Australian feature-length silent film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It is based on the famous stage melodrama by Erckmann-Chatrian, adapted by Leopold Lewis, which in turn had been adapted for the Australian stage by W. J. Lincoln before he made it into a film.[6][7]

It is today considered a lost film.

It was one of several films Lincoln made with the Tait family, who had produced The Story of the Kelly Gang.[8] According to Lincoln's obituary in The Bulletin it was one of Lincoln's best films.[9]

  1. ^ Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 214
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference critic was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Advertising". The Age. No. 17, 641. Victoria, Australia. 30 September 1911. p. 20. Retrieved 21 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Jubilee of pioneer work of man whose". The Advertiser (Adelaide). Vol. 94, no. 28, 995. South Australia. 15 September 1951. p. 6. Retrieved 21 July 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "The Picture World". Table Talk. Melbourne. 8 September 1927. p. 29. Retrieved 18 June 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Mary Bateman, 'W. J. Lincoln', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p 174
  7. ^ "The Picture World". Table Talk. Melbourne. 8 September 1927. p. 29. Retrieved 26 October 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ Endean, Lin (13 December 1933). "134 Years in the Industry: The Perrys' Record identifier". Everyones. p. 44.
  9. ^ "AT POVERTY POINT". The Bulletin. 6 September 1917.