Moonlite
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Moonlite is a 1910
bushranger
film about Captain Moonlite, played by John Gavin
, who also directed.
1910 in film
The year 1910 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*The newsreel footage of the funeral of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom is shot in Kinemacolor, making it the first color newsreel....
bushranger
Bushranger
Bushrangers, or bush rangers, originally referred to runaway convicts in the early years of the British settlement of Australia who had the survival skills necessary to use the Australian bush as a refuge to hide from the authorities...
film about Captain Moonlite, played by John Gavin
John Gavin (director)
John F. Gavin, born as John Francis Henry Gavin was an Australian film director, who was one of the early film makers of the 1910s. He was born and died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and was also known by the nickname "Jack"....
, who also directed.
Synopsis
Moonlite (John Gavin) is arrested by the Victorian police, escapes from gaol and robs various banks. He his helped by an aboriginal "gin" called Bunda (Agnes Gavin).Cast
- John GavinJohn Gavin (director)John F. Gavin, born as John Francis Henry Gavin was an Australian film director, who was one of the early film makers of the 1910s. He was born and died in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and was also known by the nickname "Jack"....
as Captain Moonlite - H.A. Forsyth
- Ruby Butler
- Agnes GavinAgnes GavinAgnes Gavin was an Australian actor and screenwriter of the silent era, who worked in collaboration with her husband John Gavin. She wrote the majority of his films and was arguably the first specialist screenwriter in the history of the Australian film industry.She and her husband were best known...
as Bunda
External links
- Moonlite at the National Film and Sound ArchiveNational Film and Sound ArchiveThe National Film and Sound Archive is Australia’s audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of audiovisual materials and related items...