Yachts and Hearts, or The Opium Smugglers

Yachts and Hearts, or The Opium Smugglers
Directed by Charles Byers Coates
Starring Beryl Clifton
Chris Olsen
Cinematography G.L. Gouday
Production
company
Antipodes Films
Release dates
 25 March 1918
Running time
 5 reels
Country Australia
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Yachts and Hearts, or The Opium Smugglers is a 1918 Australian silent film about opium smugglers in Sydney.[1]

It is considered a lost film.

Plot

Opium smugglers work in Sydney. There is a car chase which ends in a crash, a cabaret which turns into a church, a yacht race in Sydney harbour, and 40 bathing beauties.

According to one contemporary report the film consisted of "5 heart throbbing acts, wholly and solely produced in Australia by Antipodes Films. See the great motor smash, police raid on gambling saloon, and a girl's thrilling biplane flight over Sydney."[2]

Cast

Production

This was the second movie from Antipodes Films, who had previously made A Romance of Burke and Wills Expedition of 1860. The movie was shot in January 1918.[1]

Release

The film seems to have made little impact. It played as a support feature in some cinemas.[4]

Antipodes made no more movies.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 79
  2. ↑ "MASONIC INSTALLATION.". Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser (NSW : 1894 - 1954). NSW: National Library of Australia. 25 June 1918. p. 2. Retrieved 7 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "Advertising.". The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950). Parramatta, NSW: National Library of Australia. 20 April 1918. p. 4. Retrieved 18 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "WALLSEND AND PLATTSBURG.". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate (NSW : 1876 - 1954) . NSW: National Library of Australia. 8 July 1918. p. 6. Retrieved 7 February 2016.


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