Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1916 film)

GetRichQuick Wallingford is a 1916 Australian silent comedy film directed by Fred Niblo. The film was the first made by the film unit of theatrical firm J.C. Williamson, although it was one of the last to be released. It was Niblos debut film as a director and is considered a lost film.

Williamsons often imported American plays and American actors to star in them. Fred Niblo came out to Australia in 1912 with his wife Josephine Cohan, sister of George M. Cohan, and stayed for three years, appearing in a number of plays. One of these was GetRichQuickWallingford, by Cohan, which proved enormously popular with Australian audiences.W. J. Lincoln adapted the play into a script in March 1915 and shooting began the following month. Filming took place at the J.C. Williamsons Studio, opposite Her Majestys Theatre in Melbourne, and on location, in particular at the Junction Hotel in St Kilda. ........

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