The Hordern Mystery Explained

The Hordern Mystery
Director:Harry Southwell
Producer:Harry Southwell
Based On:novel by Edmund Finn
Starring:Claude Turton
Flo Little
Cinematography:Tasman Higgins
Studio:Southwell Screen Plays
Runtime:5,600 feet
Language:Silent film
English intertitles
Country:Australia

The Hordern Mystery is a 1920 Australian film directed by Harry Southwell based on an 1889 novel by Edmund Finn (son of Edmund Finn). Unlike many Australian silent films, it still survives today.

Plot

Money-hungry Gilbert Hordern is married to an adoring wife and has a child. He pretends to be his own evil twin brother so he can marry a millionaire's daughter. He succeeds but is wracked with guilt and confesses. He wakes up and realises it was all a dream.

Cast

Production

The film was shot in suburban Sydney in mid 1920 under the title The Golden Flame. Commercial reception appears to have been poor.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 102.