Franklyn Barrett
2021A Girl of the Bush
Franklyn Barrett
Olga Broughton, Vera James
Lorna Denver is the wealthy manager of Kangaroo Flat sheep station. Rivalry arises when two men seek her hand in marriage. A melodramatic tale of romance with elements of social comment and some atmospheric outback locations.
A Girl of the Bush
The Breaking of the Drought
Franklyn Barrett
Charles Beetham, Nan Taylor
Wallaby Station in the outback is devastated by drought. The sheep are starving, but Jo Galloway (Charles Beetham) and his wife (Nan Taylor) battle on. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) falls in with the wrong crowd while studying medicine in Sydney: conman Varsy Lyddleton (John Faulkner) and the seductress Olive Lorette (Marie La Varre). Gilbert forges his mother’s cheques to pay for Olive’s favours, ruining the family. A bank takes ‘friendly possession’ of Wallaby Station. Gilbert’s sister Marjorie (Trilby Clark) keeps her brother out of jail, but he becomes a tramp, after Lyddleton murders Olive and kills himself. Marjorie’s suitor Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family’s fortunes. Marjorie and Tom can now wed, as the sheep and cattle fatten on rich pasture.
The Breaking of the Drought
