The Waybacks is a 1918 Australian silent film directed by Arthur W. Sterry. It is a rural comedy in the vein of Dad and Dave based on a play adaptation of a series of popular novels. Director Sterry previously enjoyed success with The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang

The Life Story of John Lee, or The Man They Could Not Hang (1921 film)

The Life Story of John Lee, or the Man They Could Not Hang is a 1921 Australian silent film based on the true life story of John Babbacombe Lee. It is a remake of a 1912 film with some extra scenes of Lee's childhood. The movie proved very popular at the box office. There was another version of the...

(1921). Only part of the film survives today. A play

The Waybacks (play)

The Waybacks, also known as The Waybacks at Home and in Town, was a 1915 Australian play by Philip Lytton which was adapted from the stories by Henry Fletcher about the comic adventures of a rural family...

 of the same name was released in 1915.

External links

• The Waybacks at National Film and Sound Archive
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• Brief biography of Henry Fletcher
• Essay: 'Always Already Out of Date: Australian Bush Comedy' by Bill Routt - discusses The Waybacks