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
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
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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