Keane of Kalgoorlie
| Keane of Kalgoorlie, or a Story of the Sydney Cup | |
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| Directed by | John Gavin |
| Produced by |
Herbert Finlay Stanley Crick |
| Written by | Agnes Gavin |
| Based on | play by Edward William O'Sullivan Arthur Wright from the novel by Arthur Wright |
| Starring |
John Gavin Agnes Gavin |
| Cinematography | Herbert Finlay |
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Production
company |
Crick and Finlay
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Release date
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September 1911 |
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Running time
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4,000 feet or 3,000 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | Silent |
| Author | Arthur Wright |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Sunday Times Newspaper Company |
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Publication date
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1907 |
| Keane of Kalgoorlie | |
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| Written by |
Edward William O'Sullivan Arthur Wright |
| Date premiered | 18 April 1908 |
| Place premiered | Haymarket Hippodrone, Sydney, Australia |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Melodrama |
Keane of Kalgoorlie, or a Story of the Sydney Cup is a 1911 Australian silent film set in the racing and gambling circles of Sydney, based on a popular play by Edward William O'Sullivan and Arthur Wright, adapted from the novel by Wright.
It was made by the husband and wife team of John and Agnes Gavin and is considered a lost film.
Sydney clerk Frank Keane is in love with Tess Moreton, who is desired by Gregory Harris. Keane farewells Tess at Circular Quay in order to go west to seek his fortune. Harris arranges with Harold Rose to send a telegram to Tess saying that Keane has married a Kalgoorlie barmaid. Tess believes this and marries Harris.
Ten years later Keane and Tess meet again. Keane has become rich and wants to enter his horse in the Sydney Cup. He meets Harold Rose, who confesses the truth about falsifying the telegram, then shoots himself. Harris robs Rose's dead body and is spotted by a dosser, who blackmails him.
Tess overhears Harris and the blackmailer discussing a plan to abduct Keane's horse and prevent it from winning the race. With Tess' help, Keane ensures his horse wins the race. However Harris then accuses him of the murder of Rose. However at a trial, a stolen watch proves his innocence, and Harris is arrested while Keane is freed. Harris kills himself and Keane and Tess get married.
Arthur Wright's story was first published in the Referee in 1906. He expanded it into a novel which was published the following year by the Sunday Times Company.
Frank Keane is in love with Tess Morton but they have no money, so he decides to leave his home in Sydney and seek his fortune in the Kalgoorlie goldfields. Two years later he and his friends, including Harold Ross, strike it rich. But then Frank receives a letter informing him that Tess has married the villainous Gregory Harris.
Eight years later Harris has fallen into financial trouble, stolen from Tess, served a stint in gaol. Frank has become very wealthy and returns to Sydney. Frank learns from Harold Ross why Tess married Harris: Frank and his friend needed money on the goldfields to keep digging. Harris promised Ross £100 if he would forge Frank's handwriting and send a letter from the goldfields claiming that Frank had married a barmaid; Ross did this and a heartbroken Tess then married Harris. Ross asks Frank for some money to help him but Frank refuses. Ross is later found dead in the Domain, having been murdered by Harris.
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