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The Double Event (1911)

The Double Event poster
Directed by
W. J. Lincoln
Genre
silent film, sport film
Country
Australia
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This silent film is based on a novel about horse racing. A man gets involved in events at the racetrack.

old-fashionedquietstagednostalgicstraightforwardunderstatedslow-moving

What happens

The Double Event is a 1911 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on the first novel by Nat Gould, which had been adapted several times for the stage, notably by Bland Holt. It was one of several films Lincoln made with the Tait family, who had produced The Story of the Kelly Gang. It is considered a lost film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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