A Silent Witness
Directed byFranklyn Barrett[1]
Written bySydney Stirling
CinematographyFranklyn Barrett
Production
company
Release date
22 May 1912
Running time
2,400 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

A Silent Witness is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.[3] It is considered a lost film. It was a drama set in Sydney with Cyril Mackay as the hero.[4]

Barrett later claimed this detective drama was the first production in which he had a "free hand".[5]

Cast

  • Cyril Mackay
  • Irby Marshall
  • Charles Lawrence
  • Sydney Stirling
  • Leonard Willey
  • George Bryant
  • Loris Brown

References

  1. "PRODUCTION OF MOVING PICTURES-- IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Advertising". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. Franklyn Barrett papers at National Film and Sound Archive
  4. "AMUSEMENTS". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 22 May 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  5. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p35


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