A Coo-ee from Home
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{{Use Australian English|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Coo-ee from Home
| image =
| caption =
| director = Charles Woods
| producer =
| writer =
| based_on =
| starring = Bryce Rowe
Gertrude Davey
Charles Villiers
| music =
| cinematography = Tasman Higgins
| editing =
| studio = Woods' Australian Films
| distributor = Woods' Australian Films
| released = {{Film date|1918|01|14|df=yes|ref1={{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15770059 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 January 1918 |accessdate=10 July 2012 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}}}
| runtime = 8,000 feet{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15778332 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=16 January 1918 |accessdate=10 July 2012 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
| language = Silent film
English intertitles
| country = Australia
| budget =
}}
A Coo-ee from Home is a 1918 Australian silent film directed by Charles Woods about a miner who falls in love with a wealthy heiress. During filming a climactic shark attack, leading actor Bryce Rowe was attacked by a real shark and almost died.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 74
Plot
Miner Will Morrison marries heiress Grace Norwood. Jealous Richard Myers tries to convince Will that Grace is unfaithful and when that fails he drugs Will and frames him for murder. Will is sentenced to death but a prison chaplain helps him escape. He runs away to sea, is exposed on board, jumps into the water, is attacked by a shark, but he manages to fight it off and escape. He reads that Richard has been arrested for murder back home. Will returns home and marries Grave.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article20673170 |title=Bohemia. |newspaper=The Brisbane Courier |date=24 November 1923 |accessdate=10 July 2012 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Cast
- Gertrude Darley as Grace Norwood
- Bryce Rowe as Will Morrison
- Charles Villiers
- Charles Woods
Production
Release
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0134592}}
- [http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=coo-ee%20from%20home;querytype=;rec=3;resCount=10 A Coo-ee from Home]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at National Film and Sound Archive
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Category:1910s Australian films
Category:1910s English-language films
Category:Australian black-and-white films
Category:Australian silent feature films
Category:Lost Australian drama films
Category:Silent Australian drama films
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