The Wreck (1913 film) explained

The Wreck
Director:	W. J. Lincoln
Based On:	poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon
Cinematography:	Maurice Bertel
Studio:	Lincoln Cass^[1]
Released:	21 June 1915^[2] ^[3]
Language:	Silent film English intertitles
Country:	Australia

The Wreck is an Australian film directed by W. J. Lincoln based on a poem by Adam Lindsay Gordon about the ride to help by a farmhand who has witnessed a shipwreck. It is considered a lost film.^[4]

The movie was made in 1913 by Lincoln Cass in Melbourne.^[5] However it was not released until 1915 in Sydney. W. J. Lincoln later made a film of Gordon's life, The Life's Romance of Adam Lindsay Gordon (1916).^[6]

The film screened in Cairns in 1916.^[7]

External links

• original text of From the Wreck by Adam Lindsay Gordon

Notes and References

1. News: AT THE STRAND. . . 1535 . New South Wales, Australia . 20 June 1915 . 19 July 2024 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: STRAND PICTURES . The Sun . 638 . New South Wales, Australia . 20 June 1915 . 19 July 2024 . 11 . National Library of Australia.
3. News: PICTURE SHOWS . The Sun . 639 . New South Wales, Australia . 27 June 1915 . 19 July 2024 . 23 . National Library of Australia.
4. News: LOCAL ACTORS SHOWED U.S.A. WAY TO MAKE PICTURES . . XII . 5 . New South Wales, Australia . 15 March 1930 . 19 July 2024 . 6 . National Library of Australia.
5. News: Advertising . Referee . 1407 . New South Wales, Australia . 15 October 1913 . 19 July 2024 . 16 . National Library of Australia.
6. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 46
7. News: Advertising . . XXIX . 2437 . Queensland, Australia . 22 February 1916 . 19 July 2024 . 1 . National Library of Australia.