The Lure of the Bush
| The Lure of the Bush | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Claude Flemming |
| Written by | Percy Reay as "Jack North" |
| Starring | Snowy Baker |
| Cinematography | Franklyn Barrett |
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Production
company |
Snowy Baker Films
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| Distributed by | E. J. Carroll |
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Release date
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30 September 1918 (Australia) 1919 (USA) |
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Running time
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six reels |
| Country | Australia |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget | ₤1,500 |
| Box office | ₤20,000 |
The Lure of the Bush is a 1918 Australian silent film starring renowned Australian sportsman Snowy Baker. It is considered a lost film.
Hugh Mostyn (Snowy Baker) is sent from his family station to England for an education and returns to Australia years later as a "gentleman", complete with a white suit and monocle. He seeks work as a jackeroo and is teased by station hands who pretend to hold him up as bushrangers, but he beats them all up. He also breaks in a wild brumby, takes part in a kangaroo hunt, defeats the station bully (Colin Bell) in a boxing match, wins the heart of the manager's daughter, and later rescues her from a rejected suitor.
Colin Bell was a real-life boxer and his on-screen fight with Baker went for five minutes.
The script was the prize winner in a competition held by the Bulletin.
The film was shot in a property near Gunnedah. The female lead, Rita Tress, was a real life squatter's daughter.
Baker visited Hollywood in 1919 and re-shot some sequences there at Jesse Lasky's studios for its American release.
The film was enormously popular and earned an estimated ₤20,000 in profit.
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