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1911 Australian film
In the Nick of Time
Sunday Times 3 Sept 1911
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
Production
company		Australian Photo-Play Company
Release date
  • 4 September 1911 (1911-09-04)
Running time1,200 feet
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

In the Nick of Time is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It was described as a "sensational railway drama", although now is considered a lost film.

It featured a fight on the footboard of a train.

It was called a "special feature", as in it had a shorter running time. The movie came from the Australian Photoplay Company.

Plot

The film featured two main sequences:

  • the ride for life
  • a murderous fight on the footboard of the train

Reception

One critic, from the Daily Herald, called it "easily the best of the A.P.P. Company's many brilliant dramatic productions."

References

  1. "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 4 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  2. Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  3. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 24
  4. "ALONG FILM ROW Folk. Fact and Fancy....The Laughs and Laments of the Trade", Everyones., 13 (723 (3 January 1934)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 1920, nla.obj-578996760, retrieved 1 December 2023 – via Trove
  5. "VICTORIA HALL". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 4 September 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  6. "THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD". Referee. No. 1287. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Advertising". The Advertiser. Vol. LV, no. 16, 854. South Australia. 22 October 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. "Advertising". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 3 September 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
  9. "LYRIC THEATRE". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 October 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 13 September 2013.

External links

Films directed by Alfred Rolfe


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