Harry Southwell
Harry Southwell (born 1882, date of death unknown) was an Australian actor, writer and film director best known for making films about Ned Kelly. He was born in Wales and spent a couple of years in America, where he adapted some short stories by O Henry into two reel films.[1] He moved to Australia in 1919, where he used his experience as a screenwriter to impress investors to back him making features.[2] Few of his movies were commercially successful.[3][4]
After making Down Under in Western Australia he went to London for two years then returned to Australia in 1931.[5]
Feature films
- The Kelly Gang (1920)
- The Hordern Mystery (1920)
- When the Kellys Were Out (1923)
- David (1924)
- Le juif polonais (1925)
- The Seventh Commandment (1925)[6]
- Down Under (1927)
- When the Kellys Rode (1934)
- The Burgomeister (1935), a remake of Le juif polonais (1925)
- A Message to Kelly (1947) (abandoned)
Unmade Projects
- The Sick Stockrider[7]
References
- ↑ "LOCAL FILM PRODUCTION.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 28 November 1932. p. 9. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ "In the Theatres.". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 May 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 96.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 18 August 1931. p. 7. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ "NEWS AND NOTES.". The West Australian. Perth: National Library of Australia. 7 August 1931. p. 18. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS.". The Daily News. Perth: National Library of Australia. 11 February 1926. p. 8 Edition: THIRD EDITION. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ↑ "AUSTRALIAN FILMS.". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 10 October 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- "Harry Southwell". australiancinema.info. 2 November 2013. Retrieved 9 May 2016.
External links
- Harry Southwell at the Internet Movie Database
- Harry Southwell at National Film and Sound Archive
- Photographs of Harry Southwell at National Film and Sound Archive
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