Do Men Love Women?
Directed byAlfred Rolfe
StarringCharles Villiers
Production
company
Release date
11 January 1912[1]
Running time
3,500 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Do Men Love Women? is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe about an alcoholic who reforms through the love of a good woman. The finale featured a railway collision.[3][4]

It is a lost film.[5]

Plot

Chapter headings for the film were:

  • the dinner party
  • the first sign of the inebriate
  • the success of the young novelist
  • a patient wife
  • heartbroken
  • the drunkard's action
  • the curse of drink
  • the love of a woman
  • cured
  • the nurses' intrigue
  • this is our child
  • repentance
  • the great railway smash
  • men do love women.[6]

Cast

  • Charles Villiers

Production

The film was shot in Sydney.[7]

Reception

The film seems to have been widely distributed, with the railway collision prominently advertised. Reviews were generally strong.[8][9] It was described as a "modern East Lynne".[10]

Charles Villiers, who appeared in the cast, would accompany screenings of the film as a lecturer.[11]

References

  1. "OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 10 January 1912. p. 17. Retrieved 14 September 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Advertising". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. NSW. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 14 September 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  3. Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 31
  4. "Advertising". The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. NSW. 19 January 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  5. Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
  6. "Advertising". Williamstown Chronicle. Vic. 17 February 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 February 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "ALLMAN'S PICTURES". Warwick Examiner and Times. Qld. 12 February 1912. p. 3. Retrieved 14 September 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  8. "THE Traralgon Record,". Traralgon Record. Traralgon, Vic. 16 February 1912. p. 2 Edition: MORNING. Retrieved 26 March 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  9. "Advertising". The Morning Bulletin. Rockhampton, Qld. 9 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 26 March 2012 via National Library of Australia.
  10. "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 10 January 1912. p. 16. Retrieved 14 September 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  11. "The Daily Leader AND STOCK AND STATION NEWS". The Leader. Orange, NSW. 25 January 1913. p. 6. Retrieved 14 September 2013 via National Library of Australia.


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