Way Outback

Way Outback
Directed by	Alfred Rolfe^[1]
Starring	Charles Villiers "well known Australian artists"^[2]
Production company	Australian Photo-Play Company
Release dates	25 September 1911
Running time	1,000 feet
Country	Australia
Language	Silent film English intertitles

Way Outback is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe. It was described as "a typical Australian story of mining life in the back blocks"^[3] and being "full of action and incident".^[1]

It is considered a lost film.^[4]

Plot

A young miner, Jack Somers, is in love with school teacher Ruby Clarke, in the back country. However she is in love with the local trooper, Billy Hayes.

Somers decides to sell his mine and leave town. While coming out of the warden's office he counts the money he has received in payment, and is seen by the notorious Black Reegan, who decides to rob him.

Reengan is gambling in the pub when Somers comes in. Reegan picks a fight with Somers, which is interrupted by Trooper Hayes. Hayes interrupts the fight, but Reegan escapes with Hayes' revolver as Hayes knocks out Somers.

Somers goes to get his horse and is shot with Hayes' revolver by Reegan, who leaves the weapon near the body. Hayes is eventually accused of the murder of Somers. He is arrested by escapes from jail and flees into the bust.

Hayes come across Reegan's camp. Reegan hits him over the head with a piece of wood. Hayes chases after Reegan and captures him.^[2]

The chapter headings were:

Rivals in Love
Planning the Robbery
the Quarrel
Trooper Hayes to the Rescue
the Murder and Robbery
the Escape
the Murderer's Track
a Cowardly Blow
the Confession.^[5]

References

1 2 "LYRIC THEATRE.". Table Talk (Melbourne, Vic. : 1885 - 1939). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 19 October 1911. p. 24. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
1 2 "Way Out Back.". Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser (NSW : 1892; 1898 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
↑ "AMUSEMENTS.". The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 11 December 1912. p. 19. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 24
↑ "Advertising.". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 26 October 1911. p. 8. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

External links

Way Outback at the Internet Movie Database
Way Outback at AustLit

Films directed by Alfred Rolfe

Captain Midnight, the Bush King (1911)
Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911)
The Life of Rufus Dawes (1911)
Dan Morgan (1911)
Moora Neya, or The Message of the Spear (1911)
The Lady Outlaw (1911)
Mates from the Murrumbidgee (1911)
In the Nick of Time (1911)
Way Outback (1911)
What Women Suffer (1911)
The Cup Winner (1911)
Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo (1911)
The Miner's Curse (1911)
King of the Coiners (1912)
Do Men Love Women? (1912)
The Sin of a Woman (1912)
The Crime and the Criminal (1912)
Cooee and the Echo (1912)
The Love Tyrant (1912)
The Cheat (1912)
Won on the Post (1912)
Whose Was the Hand? (1912)
The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush (1912)
The Day (1914)
The Sunny South or The Whirlwind of Fate (1915)
Will They Never Come? (1915)
The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915)
The Loyal Rebel (1915)
How We Beat the Emden (1915)
A Man - That's All (1916)
For the Honour of Australia (1916)
Cupid Camouflaged (1918)

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