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The Opium Runners

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The Opium Runners
Production
company
The Gaumont Agency[1]
Release date
  • 30 April 1913 (1913-04-30) (Illawarra)[2]
Running time
2,000 feet[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

The Opium Runners is a 1913 Australian silent film. It is considered a lost film.[3]

It was made by the Gaumont Agency who also made Call of the Bush (1912).[4]

It is possible the movie was based on a collection of short stories called The Opium Runners by FRC Hopkins, who had also written All for Gold.[5][6]

It was advertised as "A Picture that makes you rise from your seat' with excitement A Story with a Perfect Plot and Exceptional' Acting, 'showing many Pretty Typical Scenes of the Australian Bush."[7]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 26 February 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Advertising". Illawarra Mercury. Wollongong, NSW. 25 April 1913. p. 7. Retrieved 8 June 2015 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 37
  4. "Advertising". The Referee. Sydney. 12 March 1913. p. 16. Retrieved 8 June 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  5. "TWO AUSTRALIAN BOOKS". Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. NSW. 12 January 1910. p. 18. Retrieved 8 June 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  6. "LATE MR. F. R. C. HOPKINS". The Sydney Morning Herald. 22 July 1916. p. 9. Retrieved 8 June 2015 via National Library of Australia.
  7. "Advertising". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. 9 June 1913. p. 8. Retrieved 8 June 2015 via National Library of Australia.
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