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| released = 22 May 1911<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15226832 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=20 May 1911 |accessdate=8 April 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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'''''Dan Morgan''''' is a 1911 Australian [[film]] from [[Charles Cozens Spencer]] about the [[bushranger]] [[Dan Morgan]]. |
'''''Dan Morgan''''' is a 1911 Australian [[film]] from [[Charles Cozens Spencer]] about the [[bushranger]] [[Dan Morgan]]. It is considered a [[lost film]].<ref>Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 20.</ref> |
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==Production== |
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Advertising claimed that Spencer made the film partly out of fears his previous movies on bushranging may have glamorised. it. Ads said the movie was "produced at great expense... making no attempt to glorify his doings or palliate the heiniousness of his crime, but presenting the subject in such a way as will point a strong moral lesson, and show the ultimate fate of all evil-doers, for the wages of sin is death."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15226832 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=20 May 1911 |accessdate=8 April 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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Critical reaction was positive.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15209527 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=[[Sydney_morning_herald|The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954)]] |location=NSW |date=25 May 1911 |accessdate=8 April 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 13:33, 8 April 2012
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| Produced by | Charles Cozens Spencer |
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Release date | 22 May 1911[1] |
| Country | Template:FilmAustralia |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
Dan Morgan is a 1911 Australian film from Charles Cozens Spencer about the bushranger Dan Morgan. It is considered a lost film.[2]
Production
Advertising claimed that Spencer made the film partly out of fears his previous movies on bushranging may have glamorised. it. Ads said the movie was "produced at great expense... making no attempt to glorify his doings or palliate the heiniousness of his crime, but presenting the subject in such a way as will point a strong moral lesson, and show the ultimate fate of all evil-doers, for the wages of sin is death."[3]
Reception
Critical reaction was positive.[4]
References
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 20 May 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 20.
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 20 May 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 May 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 8 April 2012.
External links
- Dan Morgan at IMDb
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