Breaking the News
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Original painting
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| Directed by | W. J. Lincoln |
| Produced by |
William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait |
| Written by | W. J. Lincoln |
| Based on | the painting by Sir John Longstaff |
| Starring | Harrie Ireland Arthur Styan |
| Cinematography | Orrie Perry |
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Release date
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16 March 1912 (Melbourne) |
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Running time
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4,000 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
Breaking the News is a 1912 Australian melodrama film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on John Longstaff's 1887 painting of the same name.
It is considered a lost film.
A prospector looks for a wife to live with him and eventually gets married. While he is in town, the mine floods and miners need to be rescued. The main scenes were:
The film was shot at Diamond Creek, near Melbourne.
The movie was a popular success with critics drawing particular attention to a scene of an underground mine being flooded.
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