The Bells (1911 film)
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The Bells is a 1911 Australian feature-length silent film directed by W. J. Lincoln. It is based on the famous stage melodrama by Erckmann-Chatrian, adapted by Leopold Lewis, which in turn had been adapted for the Australian stage by W. J. Lincoln before he made it into a film.[3][4]
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The Bells | |
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Directed by | W. J. Lincoln |
Written by | W. J. Lincoln |
Based on | the play The Bells by Erckmann-Chatrian adapted by Leopold Lewis and W. J. Lincoln |
Produced by | William Gibson Millard Johnson John Tait Nevin Tait |
Starring | Arthur Styan Nellie Bramley |
Cinematography | Orrie Perry |
Production company | |
Release date | 7 October 1911 (Melbourne)[1] |
Running time | 4,000 feet[2] |
Country | Australia |
Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
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It is today considered a lost film.
It was one of several films Lincoln made with the Tait family, who had produced The Story of the Kelly Gang.[5] According to Lincoln's obituary in The Bulletin it was one of Lincoln's best films.[6]