The Pioneers (1926 film)

The Pioneers is a 1926 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. The script had been written by Lottie Lyell but she had died by the time filming started. It was considered a lost film but some surviving footage from it has recently emerged.

Katharine Susannah Prichards novel had won a 1,000 prize in 1915 and had previously been filmed by Franklyn Barrett in 1916.It was directed by Raymond Longford who in September 1925 had accepted a position of director of productions at Australasian Films. He worked on several films for them but the association ended badly. The director complained that the cast of The Pioneers was forced upon him. ........

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