The Rushing Tide
{{short description|1927 film}}
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| name = The Rushing Tide
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| director = Gerald M. Hayle
| writer = Gerald M. Hayle
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| producer = Gerald M. Hayle
| starring = Beth Darvall
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| cinematography = Tasman Higgins
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| studio = Koala Films{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244094661 |title=MAKING MOVIES AUSTRALIA |newspaper=The Herald |issue=16,033 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=6 October 1928 |accessdate=26 April 2019 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}
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| released = {{Film date|1927|10|19|preview|1928|02|5||df=y|ref1={{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3886259 |title=ENTERTAINMENTS. |newspaper=The Argus |location=Melbourne |date=20 October 1927 |accessdate=5 August 2012 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}|ref2={{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24190617 |title=AMUSEMENTS. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=4 February 1928 |accessdate=5 August 2012 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}}}
| runtime = 6,500 feet
| country = Australia
| language = Silent film
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The Rushing Tide is a 1927 Australian silent film about the search for a hoard of diamonds. It was not a success at the box office and is considered a lost film.Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 141.
Plot
Harold Wilson inherits a map showing the location of a hoard of diamonds. He sets out to find them with Howard Morrison and his wife. On a lonely stretch of the coast they meet Ruth Jeffries and her father, a fugitive from the police, who has the diamonds. Howard steals the diamonds, kills Jeffries, abducts Ruth, and puts Harold and his wife in an open boat out to sea. Mrs Morrison dies, but Harold is rescued. He tracks down Ruth, saves her from Howard – who has discovered the diamonds are worthless – and marries Ruth.
Cast
- Beth Darvall as Ruth Jeffries
- Norman Lee as Harold Wilson
- Irish Roderick as Mrs Morrison
- Godfrey Cass as Howard Morrison
- Eardley Turner as Jeffries
- Dora Mostyn
- Edwin Lester
- Barry Lock
- Brian Ewart
- W. Lane Bayliff
Production
The film reunited director Gerald Hayle with Beth Darvall, the star of his previous film, Environment (1927). It was shot in July 1927 partly in an old cinema in the Melbourne suburb of Glenhuntly which had been converted into a studio, with location work done near Portsea, Victoria, at Sorrento, Beauamris and Black Bock, Melbourne.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37671975 |title=Miss Beth Darvall |newspaper=Western Mail|location=Perth |date=15 December 1927 |accessdate=5 August 2012 |page=11 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Release
The movie made a reported profit of £650.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article244094661 |title=MAKING MOVIES AUSTRALIA |newspaper=The Herald |issue=16,033 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=6 October 1928 |accessdate=12 March 2024 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}
Hayle announced plans to make another movie with Darvall, The Sanctuary.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article24196756 |title=The Mainland Day by Day. |newspaper=The Mercury |location=Hobart, Tasmania |date=26 November 1927 |accessdate=5 August 2012 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} It does not appear to have been made, but they worked together again on Tiger Island (1930).
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0351682|title=The Rushing Tide}}
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Category:Silent Australian drama films
Category:Australian silent feature films
Category:Australian black-and-white films
Category:Lost Australian drama films
Category:Films directed by Gerald M. Hayle
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