Cooee and the Echo
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{{Infobox film
| name = Cooee and the Echo
| image =
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| director = Alfred Rolfe
| producer =
| writer =
| based_on =
| starring = Charles Villiers
| music =
| cinematography = A. O. Segerberg
| editing =
| studio = Australian Photo-Play Company
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1912|03|11|df=yes}}
| runtime = 3,000 feet{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article15315311 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=7 March 1912 |accessdate=26 February 2012 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}
| language = Silent film
English intertitles
| country = Australia
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Cooee and the Echo is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It is considered a lost film.Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
Plot
In northern Queensland, a young miner is determined to avenge the murder of his brother by another miner. He falls in love with the daughter of the mine manager but discovers she is being pursued also by his brother's killer. The climax involves a knife fight involving the hero, and the hero's aboriginal friend, Yacka (Charles Woods), coming to the rescue.
"Pike">Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 32
Cast
- Ethel Phillips
- Stanley Walpole
- Charles Villiers
- Charles Woods as Yacka
- Faithful Geebung{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107859782 |title=Advertising. |newspaper=The Muswellbrook Chronicle |location=NSW |date=26 April 1913 |accessdate=9 June 2015 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Production
Edward William O'Sullivan wrote a play called Cooee, or Wild Days in the Australian Bush but it appears to have a very different plot.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28156900 |title=THE HIPPODROME. |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=16 April 1906 |accessdate=27 March 2012 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The film was shot near Sydney with bush scenes in the National Park. It was the first feature film definitely known to be shot by A. O. Segerberg.
Reception
One critic said of the film that "the bush in all its picturesqueness and grandeur was brought vividly to the eyes with astounding clearness and fidelity as to details."{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article84394816 |title=Theatrical Notes. |newspaper=Queensland Figaro |location=Brisbane |date=26 March 1912 |accessdate=15 September 2013 |page=10 |via=National Library of Australia}}
The film was a financial success.{{Citation
| title=The Future of Australian Pictures AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEX. HELLMRICH.
| journal=Everyones.
| year=1920
| volume=4| issue=261 (4 March 1925)
| location=Sydney
| publisher=Everyones Ltd
| url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-559978517
| id=nla.obj-559978517
| access-date=30 November 2023
| via=Trove
}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0349241}}
- [http://0-www.austlit.edu.au.library.sl.nsw.gov.au/austlit/page/6187598 Coo-ee and the Echo]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at AustLit
- [http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=no;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=%22australian%20photo%20play%20company%22;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Coo-ee and the Echo]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at National Film and Sound Archive
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Category:1910s Australian films
Category:Australian black-and-white films
Category:Australian silent feature films
Category:Films directed by Alfred Rolfe
Category:Lost Australian films
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