Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911)
- Directed by
- Alfred Rolfe
- Genre
- silent film, bushranging film
- Country
- Australia
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
The film is about a bushranger captain who is seen as a gentleman of the road. It is an adaptation of a stage play based on an old novel about bushranging in Australia.
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What happens
Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road is a 1911 Australian silent film about the bushranger Captain Starlight. It was based on Alfred Dampier's stage adaptation of the 1888 novel Robbery Under Arms. It is considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Bushranger (1928)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.