Tall Timber (1926)

Anecdotes

Tall Timber is a 1926 Australian silent film about a rich man who flees the city and works in a timber mill. It is considered a lost film.

Production

In 1925 Universal announced they would make a film Tall Timber based on a novel by Gordon Goodchild, directed by Lynn Reynolds.

In December 1925 Australasian Pictures announced they would make their own Tall Timbers. It was directed by the actor Dunstan Webb, who later also made The Grey Glove for Australasian Films. At one stage he was also mentioned as a possible director of For the Term of His Natural Life (1927), but he wound up just appearing in it as an actor.

The film was part of a slate of medium budgeted movies from Australasian which also included The Pioneers, Hills of Hate, Sunrise and The Grey Glove. These would be followed by larger budgeted productions For the Term of His Natural Life and The Adorable Outlaw.

The film was shot on location on the New South Wales coast in Langley Vale and in studios at Sydney. Filming started on location in December 1925. According to Everyone's, the story was "a strong one, and introduces the local lumbering industry to the screen for the first time."

In February 1926 a number of state politicians from the New South Wales Legislative Council were invited to visit the set at Bondi Junction. Filming was well publicized and proceeded on a relatively lavish scale.

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