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The Assigned Servant
Production still from the film
Directed byJohn Gavin
Written byAgnes Gavin
Produced byHerbert Finlay[1]
Stanley Crick
StarringJohn Gavin
CinematographyHerbert Finlay
Production
companies
Crick and Finlay
Release date
  • 26 August 1911 (1911-08-26)
Running time
3,000 feet[2]
CountryAustralia
LanguageSilent film
Budget£300[3] or £500[4]

The Assigned Servant is a 1911 Australian silent film about a convict who is transported to Van Diemen's Land. It was made by the husband-and-wife team of John and Agnes Gavin and is considered a lost film.

  1. ^ "QUOTA FAVORED". The Sun. No. 5259. New South Wales, Australia. 15 September 1927. p. 14 (FINAL EXTRA). Retrieved 2 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "Advertising". The Examiner (DAILY ed.). Launceston, Tas. 26 August 1911. p. 10. Retrieved 24 February 2012 – 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, 13.
  4. ^ "FILM-MAKING IN AUSTRALIA". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 11 June 1936. p. 11. Retrieved 21 November 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

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