The Breaking of the Drought (1920)
1920 · Silent film · 87 min · dir. Franklyn Barrett
- Drama
Synopsis
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…
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Details
- Director
- Franklyn Barrett
- Studio
- Golden Wattle Films
- Released
- 1920-01-01
- Running time
- 87 minutes
Cast & crew
- Franklyn Barrett Director
- Charles Beetham
- Nan Taylor
- Rawdon Blandford
Trilby Clark- Dunstan Webb
- Ethel Henry
Marie La Varre
John Faulkner
