The Breaking of the Drought (1920)

ALL 01/01/1920 (en) Drama 87 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1920
  • Production
    Golden Wattle Films
  • Rotten tomato
    52%
  • Original title
    The Breaking of the Drought
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Wallaby Station in the outback is devastated by drought. The sheep are starving, but Jo Galloway (Charles Beetham) and his wife (Nan Taylor) battle on. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) falls in with the wrong crowd while studying medicine in Sydney: conman Varsy Lyddleton (John Faulkner) and the seductress Olive Lorette (Marie La Varre). Gilbert forges his mother’s cheques to pay for Olive’s favours, ruining the family. A bank takes ‘friendly possession’ of Wallaby Station. Gilbert’s sister Marjorie (Trilby Clark) keeps her brother out of jail, but he becomes a tramp, after Lyddleton murders Olive and kills himself. Marjorie’s suitor Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family’s fortunes. Marjorie and Tom can now wed, as the sheep and cattle fatten on rich pasture.

  1. Franklyn Barrett

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Charles Beetham

    Jo Galloway

  2. Nan Taylor

    Mrs. Galloway

  3. Rawdon Blandford

    Gilbert Galloway

  4. Trilby Clark

    Marjorie Galloway

  5. Dunstan Webb

    Tom Wattleby

  6. Ethel Henry

    Molly Henderson

  7. Marie La Varre

    Olive Lorette

  8. John Faulkner

    Varsy Lyddleton

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 8 , Crews : 1

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The Breaking of the Drought (1920) 87 Min

ALL 01/01/1920 (en)
Drama
  • Release 01/01/1920
  • Production
    Golden Wattle Films
  • Original title The Breaking of the Drought
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Wallaby Station in the outback is devastated by drought. The sheep are starving, but Jo Galloway (Charles Beetham) and his wife (Nan Taylor) battle on. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) falls in with the wrong crowd while studying medicine in Sydney: conman Varsy Lyddleton (John Faulkner) and the seductress Olive Lorette (Marie La Varre). Gilbert forges his mother’s cheques to pay for Olive’s favours, ruining the family. A bank takes ‘friendly possession’ of Wallaby Station. Gilbert’s sister Marjorie (Trilby Clark) keeps her brother out of jail, but he becomes a tramp, after Lyddleton murders Olive and kills himself. Marjorie’s suitor Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family’s fortunes. Marjorie and Tom can now wed, as the sheep and cattle fatten on rich pasture.

  1. Franklyn Barrett

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer