The Love Tyrant

The Love Tyrant
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villiers
Production
company
Release date
  • 6 April 1912 (1912-04-06)
[1]
Running time
1,800 feet[3] or 2,200 feet[4]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Love Tyrant is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It was described as an "Australian drama about the back blocks"[5] and a "stirring drama full of thrilling incidents".[6] It was set during the early bushranging days.[7]

It is a lost film.[8]

The film was also known as 'Love the Tyrant.[9]

Plot

The story begins on Christmas Day at Farmer Morrison's home. Morrison's son, William, has been secretly married to Annie, the maid. Morrison wishes his son to marry Dora. When William tells him the truth, he kicks out his son and wife.

Time passes and William owns a farm and has a son with Annie. On returning' one-night from his work, tired and hungry, he has a dispute with his wife, who threatens to leave. Troubled and worn out, he falls a sleep and dreams a dream in which he imagines his wife has left him for another man.

A mail robbery occurs in the district and William and three stockmen are falsely accused. After his trial, he returns to find his stock ruined. He runs away to the bush and becomes an outlaw. He is sentenced to death and as he is placed on the scaffold he wakes up to find his wife at his side. He becomes reconciled to his father who proved the enemy of his dream.[10]

Released

The movie was selected to open the new Glenferrie Theatre in Melbourne. In Sydney and Adelaide it was screened as Love, the Tyrant.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ "Advertising". Punch. Vol. CXVI, no. 2958. Victoria, Australia. 4 April 1912. p. 40. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 163. New South Wales, Australia. 8 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Advertising". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 21 December 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  4. ^ "Advertising". Referee. No. 1327. New South Wales, Australia. 10 April 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "AMUSEMENTS". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 18 December 1912. p. 18. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
  6. ^ "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 10 April 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  7. ^ "THE STRUTTER'S PAGE". The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  8. ^ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  9. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 23, 164. New South Wales, Australia. 9 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 2 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ ""Love the Tyrant."". Port Pirie Recorder and North Western Mail. SA: National Library of Australia. 2 November 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
  11. ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 34
  12. ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 8 April 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 29 March 2012.
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