| Caught in the Net | |
| Director: | Vaughan C. Marshall |
| Starring: | Zillah Bateman John Mayer |
| Cinematography: | Tasman Higgins |
| Studio: | Advance Films |
| Country: | Australia |
| Language: | Silent film English intertitles |
| Budget: | £2,000[1] |
Caught in the Net is a 1928 Australian silent film about a woman in high society starring Zillah Bateman, a British theatre star who was touring Australia at the time.[2] Only part of the film survives.[1]
Society girl Phyllis Weston is loved by two men, handsome Jack Stacey and villainous Robson. In a yacht race, Robson tries to sabotage Jack's boat but fails. Robson then tries to get his sister to trap Jack in a comprising situation, but is unsuccessful.
The story includes a yacht race at St Kilda and a rescue from drowning at Portsea.[3]
Advance Films had held a competition to find best new Australian story.[4]
The film was shot in early 1928 with exteriors filmed at Portsea.
The film was released as a supporting feature and also was screened in the UK as a quota film.[1]
Everyone's reported that it had "fallen down at the box office."