Struck Oil (1919)

Directed by

Franklyn Barrett

Genre

silent film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 10m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A silent film adaptation of a popular 1874 stage play set during the American Civil War. It follows a comedic story involving a family running a struggling oil business.

old-fashionedlightheartedslapsticktheatricalsentimentalnostalgicplayful

What happens

Struck Oil is an 1874 play set during the American Civil War and a 1919 Australian silent film, now considered lost. The play, which introduced Maggie Moore to Australian theatre-goers, was popular with the Australian public and the basis of J. C. Williamson's success as a theatre entrepreneur. A film based on the play and directed by Franklyn Barrett was produced in 1919. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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