The Crisis | |
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Directed by | W. J. Lincoln |
Written by | W. J. Lincoln [3] |
Based on | the painting The Crisis by Frank Dicksee |
Starring | The Lincoln Cass Performers [4] |
Cinematography | Maurice Bertel |
Production company | |
Release dates | 27 October 1913 (Melbourne)
[1] 1 December 1913 (Sydney) [2] |
Running time | 3,000 feet |
Country | Australia |
Languages |
Silent film English intertitles |
The Crisis is an Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It was inspired by a painting, The Crisis by Frank Dicksee, and is considered a lost film. [5] [6]
Nellie Owen is happily married to fisherman John, with whom she has a child, until a philanderer, Frank, convinces her that her husband is unfaithful. She runs away to the city with Frank, where she assists him extracting money from the rich in society, but after a while is consumed by guilt and wants to return home. After an argument with Frank, she arrives in time to help nurse her sick child through a serious illness, and is reunited with her forgiving husband. [5]
The painting was purchased by the Melbourne Art Gallery in 1891. [8] [9]
The Referee said the "scenic settings ... are very fine including some effective seascapes." [7]