Jewelled Nights (1925)
After her father's death, socialite Elaine Fleetwood promises to marry a man she does not love. However, she leaves him at the altar during a wedding ceremony, cuts her hair and decides to disguise herself as a boy and go prospecting in northwest Tasmania. She meets a handsome miner who figures out she is a woman, saves her from a villain and marries her.
- Date of release
- 1925-10-24
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Adventure
- Director
- Wilton Welch, Louise Lovely
Casting
- Louise Lovely — Elaine Fleetwood
- Gordon Collingridge — Larry Salarno
- Godfrey Cass — Tiger Sam
- John Dobbie — Tiny Tim
- George Bryant — Dr Mason
Interesting facts
Jewelled Nights is a 1925 Australian silent film directed by the film star Louise Lovely in collaboration with her husband Wilton Welch. Only part of the film survives today.
Production
The film was made by Lovely after her return from Hollywood in 1924. She and her husband helped set up a company, Louise Lovely Productions, worth £30,000. Among her backers were several businessmen who worked with Arthur Shirley's Pyramid Pictures.
They constructed an elaborate £3,000 studio containing several large sets, and shot on location at Flemington Racecourse and in Tasmania. This caused to budget to spiral. The sets were used to film a storm in the Tasmanian rain forest.
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