The Life of Rufus Dawes (1911)

Directed by

Alfred Rolfe

Genre

silent film

Country

Australia

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent film from 1911 based on a stage play adapted from a novel. It follows the story of a convict in colonial Australia. The film is now lost.

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What happens

The Life of Rufus Dawes is a 1911 Australian silent film based on Alfred Dampier's stage adaptation of the 1874 novel For the Term of His Natural Life produced by Cosens Spencer. It was also known as The Story of Rufus Dawes, or the Term of His Natural Life or The Convict Hero. The film was the third produced by Cosens Spencer, based on a popular stage adaptation by Thomas Somers, produced by Alfred Dampier. It starred Alfred Rolfe, his wife Lily Dampier and Raymond Longford. The others were Captain Midnight, the Bush King (1911) and Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911). Rolfe then left Spencer to work for the Australian Photo-Play Company under Stanley Crick. It is considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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