The Sunny South or The Whirlwind of Fate

The Sunny South, or The Whirlwind of Fate
Directed byAlfred Rolfe[2]
Written byJohnson Weir or George Darrell[3]
Based onplay The Sunny South by George Darrell
Produced byArchie Fraser
Colin Fraser
StarringCharles Villers
Production
company
Distributed byFraser Film Release and Photographic Company[4]
Release date
  • 1 February 1915 (1915-02-01)[1]
Running time
3,000 feet (three reels)[5]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Sunny South, or the Whirlwind of Fate is a 1915 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe based on the popular play The Sunny South by George Darrell.[6] It is considered a lost film.[7][8]

  1. ^ ""THE UNKNOWN"". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 31 January 1915. p. 16. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  2. ^ "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. National Library of Australia. 22 February 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ^ "An Australasian Record". The World's News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 13 March 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  4. ^ "Fraser Film Exchange". The Referee. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 23 December 1914. p. 15. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. National Library of Australia. 28 August 1915. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
  6. ^ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  7. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 52
  8. ^ "An Australasian Record". The World's News. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 13 March 1915. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2014.