A Coo-ee from Home

A Coo-ee from Home
Directed by Charles Woods
Starring Bryce Rowe
Gertrude Davey
Charles Villiers
Cinematography Tasman Higgins
Production
company
Woods' Australian Films
Distributed by Woods' Australian Films
Release dates
 14 January 1918[1]
Running time
 8,000 feet[2]
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

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.[3]

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.[4]

Cast

Production

During filming the shark attack sequence, actor Bryce Rowe was attacked by a real shark and almost died. He had to spend two weeks in hospital.[3]

Release

The fight between Will and the shark was heavily publicised on release.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Advertising.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 15 January 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "Advertising.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 16 January 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
  3. 1 2 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 74
  4. ↑ "Bohemia.". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 24 November 1923. p. 17. Retrieved 10 July 2012.

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