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Raymond Longford

Raymond Longford

Directing

Known For

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Bluey and Darkie are first world war veterans who save an ailing racehorse from destruction.

Racing Luck

1941
The Bushwackers
7.0

Bill Lawson (Eddie O'Reilly), a wharf labourer, loses his job and decides to go out bush to find work to support his wife Elsa (Stella Southern) and daughter Betty. He befriends a well-born Englishman, Kenneth Hillyard (Rawdon Blandford) after rescuing him from two thugs and the two decide to go prospecting together.

The Bushwackers

1925
Dad and Dave Come to Town
6.0

Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch

Dad and Dave Come to Town

1938
The Mutiny of the Bounty
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The Mutiny of the Bounty is a 1916 Australian-New Zealand silent film directed by Raymond Longford about the mutiny aboard HMS Bounty. It is the first known cinematic dramatization of this story and is considered a lost film. Longford claimed it was the first Australian film to shoot scenes at sea.

The Mutiny of the Bounty

1916
Captain Midnight, the Bush King
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As an escaped convict, Captain Midnight is welcomed into the Hellville band of bushrangers.

Captain Midnight, the Bush King

1911
Ginger Mick
8.0

The adventures of Ginger Mick take him from slums and backyards to lock-ups and racecourses. He romances Rose, works as a rabbitoh and enlists to fight in World War I.

Ginger Mick

1920
Peter Vernon's Silence
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Peter Vernon's mother dies and he is adopted by a squatter, Kingston, whose son, Philip, is Peter's age. The two grow up and fall in love with the same girl, Marie.

Peter Vernon's Silence

1926
Sweet Nell of Old Drury
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Silent film about the relationship between Nell Gwynne and King Charles II.

Sweet Nell of Old Drury

1911
The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole
5.0

The story is founded on fact. In a village on the south coast of England, young Margaret Catchpole is being courted by two rivals, Will Laud, a smuggler, and Lieutenant Barry of the coast guards. She favours Laud, and when he escapes from custody after a government raid on the smugglers, Margaret steals a horse and tries to join him. In a fight with the coast guards, Laud is killed an Margaret is arrested for horse-stealing and transported to Botany Bay. Only part of the film survives today.

The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole

1911
The Sentimental Bloke
5.1

Bill is a Woolloomooloo larrikin who vows to abandon his life of gambling and drinking after a spell in gaol following a raid on a two-up game. He falls in love with Doreen, who works in a pickle factory, but faces competition from a more sophisticated rival.

The Sentimental Bloke

1919
The Fatal Wedding
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An adventuress, Cora Williams is in love with Howard Wilson, even though he is happily married to Mabel, and they have small children. Cora gets a man called Curtis to pretend to be in love with Mabel and engineers a situation where Howard walks in on them and gets the wrong impression.

The Fatal Wedding

1911
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Based on the 1906 play by Walter Howard.

The Midnight Wedding

1912
The Blue Mountains Mystery
8.0

The Blue Mountains Mystery involves the alleged murder of a wealthy businessman, Henry Tracey, and the eventual discovery that the victim was an underworld look-alike impersonator.

The Blue Mountains Mystery

1921
On Our Selection
7.0

On Our Selection is a 1920 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford based on the Dad and Dave stories by Steele Rudd.

On Our Selection

1920
Wings of Destiny
10.0

The story concerns an attempt by fifth columnists to gain control of Australia's supplies of wolfram, a mineral used in the manufacture of munitions, involving a new wolfram field owned by Francis Jamieson (Marshall Crosby).

Wings of Destiny

1940
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A 1910 Australian silent film about the bushranger John Vane, who was a member of Ben Hall's gang. The film starts with John Vane accepting a wager that he wouldn't bail up a Chinese man. Then Vane wins his bet by robbing a Chinese man, leading to headlines which say "Robbery Under Arms by John Vane" and Vane fleeing to the bush with his sweetheart. Later adventures include his capture and release of his sweetheart; the sticking up of the Keightley Homestead; the shooting of Michael Burke, which leads to Vane joining the Ben Hall gang; Vane's change of heart and surrender to Father McCarthy. He serves fifteen years in prison and after release retires comfortably.

The Life and Adventures of John Vane, the Notorious Australian Bushranger

1910
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The movie is set eight years after the events of On Our Selection. The Rudd family are now more prosperous, but Dad is as autocratic as ever. His children are grown up and the baby twins are up to mischief Dave is married and tries to do as little work as possible, but is forced to do so by his wife and domineering mother.

Rudd's New Selection

1921
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The Tide of Death is a 1912 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford based on an original story by Longford. This was rare at the time because most Australian silent films were based on plays or novels.

Tide of Death

1912
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Famous Hollywood director Robert Grimble arrives in the antipodes to make an epic flick about pioneering women, and launches a quest to find a girl with "that certain something" for the main role.

That Certain Something

1941
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One-reeler short film.

Trooper Campbell

1914