Caught in the Net (1928 film)

{{Infobox film

| name = Caught in the Net

| image =

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| director = Vaughan C. Marshall

| producer =

| writer = Sheila Preston

| narrator =

| starring = Zillah Bateman
John Mayer

| music =

| cinematography = Tasman Higgins

| editing =

| studio = Advance Films

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1928|07|14|df=yes|ref1={{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article16479056 |title=THE HAYMARKET. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=14 July 1928 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |page=12 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}}}

| runtime =

| country = Australia

| language = Silent film
English intertitles

| budget = £2,000Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 145.{{Citation

| title=Australian Production Budget Drops Ninety Thousand Pounds This Year.

| journal=Everyones.

| volume=9| issue=459 (12 December 1928)

| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-590190846

| id=nla.obj-590190846

| access-date=7 March 2024

| via=Trove

}}

Caught in the Net is a 1928 Australian silent film about a woman in high society starring Zillah Bateman, a British theatre star who was touring Australia at the time.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article29311284 |title=THE GRAND THEATRE. |newspaper=The Advertiser |location=Adelaide |date=30 October 1928 |accessdate=6 August 2012 |page=21 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} Only part of the film survives.

Plot

Society girl Phyllis Weston is loved by two men, handsome Jack Stacey and villainous Robson. In a yacht race, Robson tries to sabotage Jack's boat but fails. Robson then tries to get his sister to trap Jack in a comprising situation, but is unsuccessful.

The story includes a yacht race at St Kilda and a rescue from drowning at Portsea.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3945186 |title=THE PICTURES. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=8 May 1928 |accessdate=6 February 2012 |page=7 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

Cast

Zillah Bateman as Phyllis Weston
John Mayer as Jack Stacey
Charles Brown as Robson
Peggy Farr
Viva Vawden
Felix St H Jellicoe
Beverley Usher

Production

Advance Films had held a competition to find best new Australian story.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58328683 |title=MOVIES AND MUMMERS. |newspaper=The Sunday Times |location=Perth |date=10 July 1927 |accessdate=5 August 2012 |page=15 |publisher=National Library of Australia}}

The film was shot in early 1928 with exteriors filmed at Portsea.

Release

The film was released as a supporting feature and also was screened in the UK as a quota film.

Everyone's reported that it had "fallen down at the box office."

References

External links

{{IMDb title|id=0274422|title=Caught in the Net}}
[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=Id%3A340959;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Caught in the Net]{{Dead link|date=November 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at National Film and Sound Archive

Category:1928 films

Category:Australian black-and-white films

Category:1928 drama films

Category:Silent Australian drama films