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Breaking the News

Breaking the News
Breaking the News (1912 film) - still.jpg
Original painting
Directed by W. J. Lincoln
Produced by William Gibson
Millard Johnson
John Tait
Nevin Tait
Written by W. J. Lincoln
Based on the painting by Sir John Longstaff
Starring Harrie Ireland
Arthur Styan
Cinematography Orrie Perry
Production
company
Release date
16 March 1912 (Melbourne)
Running time
4,000 feet
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Breaking the News is a 1912 Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on John Longstaff's 1887 painting of the same name.

It is considered a lost film.

A prospector looks for a wife to live with him and eventually gets married. While he is in town, the mine floods and miners need to be rescued. The main scenes were:

The film was shot at Diamond Creek, near Melbourne.

The movie was a popular success with critics drawing particular attention to a scene of an underground mine being flooded.



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