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After Sundown is a 1911 Australian film directed by W. J. Lincoln set in the Australian bush.[2]

After Sundown
Directed by	W. J. Lincoln
Written by	W. J. Lincoln
Based on	one act play by W.J. Lincoln
Produced by	William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait
Starring	Godfrey Cass
Cinematography	Orrie Perry
Production company	Amalgamated Pictures
Release date	1911 (1911)
Running time	60 minutes (est.)
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film English intertitles
Budget	£600-£700[1]

According to Lincoln's obituary in The Bulletin it was one of Lincoln's best films.[2]

Only six minutes of the film survive today.[3]

Plot

Two men fight over the same woman. The villain taunts the hero with the fact he has won her, until an old man appears and shoots the villain dead. It turns out the old man was the father of a girl "ruined" by the villain.[4]

Cast

• Leslie Woods as Gilbert Baxter
• Godfrey Cass as Western Moore

Production

The film was based on a one-act 1896 play by W.J. Lincoln.[5] According to a press account the aim was to "realise the ideal of a bush story which shall be true to actual life in Australia, sweet and natural in its atmosphere, dealing with type of chnracter which are to be found in the wayback country."[6]

It was a film from Amalgamated Pictures and was shot in September 1911 at their studios in St Kilda as well as on location at Healesville, outside Melbourne, and Coranderrk Mission Station.[4][6]

Reception

The film was never released.[7][8]

References

External links

• Extensive 1911 newspaper article on the making of the film

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