The Swagman's Story is a 1914 short film directed by Raymond Longford. Although considered a lost film, it is likely that it was a low-budget support feature.[3]
The Swagman's Story | |
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Directed by | Raymond Longford |
Written by | Violet Pettengel[1] |
Starring | Lottie Lyell |
Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
Production company | Commonwealth Film Producing Company |
Distributed by | Fraser Film Company |
Release date | 2 March 1914[2] |
Running time | 2,000 feet |
Country | Australia |
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A swagman arrives on the scene of the breakdown of a motor car and tells the honeymooning drivers that he's never liked motor cars as they've never done him any good. He then goes on to explain why – ten years earlier he was living happily with his wife and pretty daughter (Lottie Lyell). Then the daughter marries a "swell city cove" and she becomes a member of the high society set, refusing to meet her unsophisticated mother. The mother is killed by a motor car and the father takes to drink and becomes a swagman.[4]
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