The Crisis (1913 film)

The Crisis
Directed byW. J. Lincoln
Written byCharles Wheeler[3]
W. J. Lincoln[4]
Based onthe painting The Crisis by Frank Dicksee
StarringThe Lincoln Cass Performers[5]
CinematographyMaurice Bertel
Production
company
Release dates
  • 27 October 1913 (1913-10-27) (Melbourne)[1]
    1 December 1913 (Sydney)[2]
Running time
3,000 feet
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Crisis is an Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It was inspired by a painting, The Crisis by Frank Dicksee, and is considered a lost film.[6][7]

  1. ^ Mary Bateman, 'Lincoln Cass Filmography', Cinema Papers, June–July 1980 p. 175
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Age. No. 18, 315. Victoria, Australia. 29 November 1913. p. 22. Retrieved 3 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "POVERTY POINT Thoel & Thandon DRY IMPERIAL CHAMPAGNE Exquisite", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 3 August 1922, nla.obj-680199261, retrieved 19 July 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ Copyright registration for film at National Archives of Australia
  5. ^ "Advertising". The Age. No. 18, 327. Victoria, Australia. 13 December 1913. p. 22. Retrieved 3 May 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p45
  7. ^ "MOVING PICTURES". The Referee. Sydney. 11 November 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 21 February 2015 – via National Library of Australia.