''East Lynne'' is a 1922 Australian

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directed by actor and exhibitor Charles Hardy. It was a modern-day adaptation of the famous 1861

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which had been filmed many times in England and the USA. It is often considered a

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. However it was shown on 19 November 2023 on Talking Pictures TV as part of Gaslight Follies.

Plot

Married Isobel Vane is told by Sir Francis Levison that her husband Richard has been unfaithful. Levison seduces Isobel, but then abandons her. Isobel returns home after years away only to find out that Richard had assumed she was dead and has remarried. She pretends to be a nurse and saves the life of one of her own children. She falls ill, is recognised by Richard, but dies.

Cast

*Ethel Jerdan *Don McAlpine as Archibald Carlyle *Hazel Stewart as Lady Isobel

Production

Charles Hardy had worked in Australian films as an exhibitor and actor. The film was shot on location in Vaucluse, Sydney and in a studio at the Sydney Showground in early 1922.

Reception

The film previewed in May but was not released until several months later. It was a big failure at the box-office.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, ''Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production'', Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 113. Hardy went on to work for Selznick Pictures as their Australian manager.

References

External links

* 1922 films Australian silent feature films Australian black-and-white films Lost Australian drama films 1922 drama films 1922 lost films Silent Australian drama films 1920s English-language films English-language drama films Films based on East Lynne Lost silent Australian films {{Australia-silent-film-stub