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Thunderbolt (1910 film)

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He befriends some aboriginal people, steals a racehorse, "Combo", and robs the Moonbi Mail Coach. He then enters "Combo" in a horse race and wins. He is rescued from a police trap involving Chinese by a half-caste girl, Sunday. He is grateful to her and they get married. He then holds up the Carlisle
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The various scenes were shown with a clearness that lent realism to the picture, which is one of the best ever thrown on the screen in Newcastle. The outlaw's swim from Cockatoo Island, where he had been imprisoned, was a very fine scene, and his theft of a horse followed by his sticking up of the
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When the troopers had to shoot Thunderbolt with blank cartridges, the lead was taken out and the space filled with hard soap. Being near a brewery, both bushrangers and troopers wore imbibing frequently, with the result that when the chase along the road was to commence, nearly all the supers were
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called it "a boon unprecedented in the annals of local picture showdom." Another article in the same publication said the film was "proving a big draw wherever exhibited, in fact a perfect money spinner, and the firm is troubled to supply the demand the demand made upon their film department."
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declared, "Forsyth has a mine of suitable matter right under his hand, and he has already, demonstrated that the "Southern Cross Enterprise" is capable of producing films of a merit, which renders it unnecessary for showmen to seek their cinematographic repertoire abroad." Gavin and Forsyth
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The film has been admirably produced, being as clear and as distinct as any yet shown in Australia, and great credit is due to the bio operator, Mr. Moulton... Mr. Jack Gavin made an impressive Thunderbolt, being a fine upstanding man, big-enough to fight
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in a cake tin. According to the Archive, "the acting in the surviving footage is broad and unconvincing, and several scenes are poorly shot so that the principal action is in fact taking place in the distance rather than the foreground of the shot."
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Moonbi mail coach, in which the antics of the passengers caused amusement, was excellent.... The audience showed appreciation by loud applause, which the picture deserved thoroughly.
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produced the film and adapted the play into a screenplay. He also appeared in the film as a young bushranger. John Gavin directed and played the lead role.
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Hotel, and narrowly escapes. He takes on a boy apprentice and Sunday dies. Thunderbolt then dies in a shoot out with police on the riverbank at Uralla.
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Because the film was longer than the typical movies of the time Gavin later claimed that "everyone warned him that his venture was doomed to failure".
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The film was a big success at the box office. Gavin said it was "a very successful money maker" that made "a fortune" for its investors. A writer for
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said that the film "is said to be a masterpiece in motion picture cinematography. This picture is full of exciting and sensational plots."
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who later claimed it was the first "four-reel movie" made in Australia. It has also been called the first film made in New South Wales.
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Frederick Ward is a cattle drover earning money for his wedding when he is accused of cattle theft and sentenced to seven years at
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was still screening in theatres as late as 1916. Gavin wanted to re-release the film in 1922 but was unable to do so due to
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in February 1910. It is unclear whether this is the Gavin film, which officially premiered in Sydney on 12 November 1910.
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pretty nigh ‘full of hops. You can believe me, the American cowboy had nothing on some of that wild bunch.
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In 1929 Gavin successfully sued Australasan Films for £150 over losing a copy of the movie.
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but in 1992 1,452 feet of surviving footage constituting 24 minutes was donated to the
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The movie was very successful and launched a cycle of bushranger films until they were
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was so popular, Forsyth indicated he wanted to make further bushranger movies. The
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Charles Henry Lay as the prison gang guard and later the sergeant of police.
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Unlike most Australian silent films, part of the film survives today.
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is a 1910 Australian feature film based on the life of the bushranger
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The female lead, Ruby Butler, was a model and beauty contest winner.
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According to contemporary reports, the various chapter headings were:
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C.H. Lay was my grandfather, a thespian, and I recognise the nose!
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Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production
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The movie was usually screened accompanied by a lecturer.
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Aboriginal Kindness and Customs of Australian Blacks.
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Thunderbolt's Escape from the Quarry and Great Swim.
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Index


John Gavin
H. A. Forsyth
Three Years with Thunderbolt
William Monckton
Ambrose Pratt
Thunderbolt
H. A. Forsyth
John Gavin
Silent
Captain Thunderbolt
John Gavin
banned in 1912

Cockatoo Island


Three Years With Thunderbolt
Thunderbolt
H. A. Forsyth
Lithgow
Hartley Vale
Wagga Wagga
Jack Johnson
make a film
Captain Moonlite
Ben Hall
Frank Gardiner
the ban on bushranging films introduced in 1912
lost

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