Caught in the Net (1928 film)

Caught in the Net
Directed byVaughan C. Marshall
Written bySheila Preston
StarringZillah Bateman
John Mayer
CinematographyTasman Higgins
Production
company
Advance Films
Release date
  • 14 July 1928 (1928-07-14)[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget£2,000[2][3]

Caught in the Net is a 1928 Australian silent film about a woman in high society starring Zillah Bateman, a British theatre star who was touring Australia at the time.[4] Only part of the film survives.[2]

Plot

Society girl Phyllis Weston is loved by two men, handsome Jack Stacey and villainous Robson. In a yacht race, Robson tries to sabotage Jack's boat but fails. Robson then tries to get his sister to trap Jack in a comprising situation, but is unsuccessful.

The story includes a yacht race at St Kilda and a rescue from drowning at Portsea.[5]

Cast

  • Zillah Bateman as Phyllis Weston
  • John Mayer as Jack Stacey
  • Charles Brown as Robson
  • Peggy Farr
  • Viva Vawden
  • Felix St H Jellicoe
  • Beverley Usher

Production

Advance Films had held a competition to find best new Australian story.[6]

The film was shot in early 1928 with exteriors filmed at Portsea.

Release

The film was released as a supporting feature and also was screened in the UK as a quota film.[2]

Everyone's reported that it had "fallen down at the box office."[3]

References

  1. ^ "THE HAYMARKET". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 14 July 1928. p. 12. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 145.
  3. ^ a b "Australian Production Budget Drops Ninety Thousand Pounds This Year.", Everyones., 9 (459 (12 December 1928)), nla.obj-590190846, retrieved 7 March 2024 – via Trove
  4. ^ "THE GRAND THEATRE". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1928. p. 21. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  5. ^ "THE PICTURES". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 8 May 1928. p. 7. Retrieved 6 February 2012.
  6. ^ "MOVIES AND MUMMERS". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 10 July 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 5 August 2012.


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