For the Honour of Australia

1916 Australian film

For the Honour of Australia

Directed by| Monte Luke
Alfred Rolfe
Starring| Boyd Irwin
Charles Villiers
Cinematography| Maurice Bertel

Production
companies

J. C. Williamson Ltd
Australasian Films

Release date

* 1916 (1916) (UK)

Country| Australia
Languages| Silent film
English intertitles

For the Honour of Australia is a 1916 film composed of footage from two 1915 Australian silent films, For Australia and How We Beat the Emden, plus the documentary How We Fought the Emden.[1]

## Plot[edit]

Jack Lane joins the Royal Australian Navy and trains on Tingira. His brother Stanley discovers a German spy ring amongst the social set in Sydney. They capture him and take him to a secret island outpost. Germans are about to destroy an Allied radio station but it manages to alert HMAS Sydney beforehand and the ship attacks German sailors. A half-caste islander, Kana (Alma Rock Phillips), leads HMAS Sydney to the spies' island. A landing party attacks and kills the spies but Kana is killed.

## Cast[edit]

* Boyd Irwin as Stanley Lane
* Gwen Burroughs as Mrs De Winter
* Alma Rock Phillips as Kana
* Charles Villiers as Carl Hoffman
* Percy Walshe

## Production[edit]

For Australia and How We Fought the Emden were films made by rival companies but were put together for release in Britain. It is unsure what company did this but the films were made with the approval of both the Australian and British governments.[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
2. ^ Paul Byrnes, For the Honour of Australia at Australian Screen Online

## External links[edit]

* For the Honour of Australia at Australian Screen Online
* For the Honour of Australia at BFI
* For the Honour of Australia at National Film and Sound Archive
* For the Honour of Australia at AustLit

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Films directed by Alfred Rolfe

* Captain Midnight, the Bush King (1911)
* Captain Starlight, or Gentleman of the Road (1911)
* The Life of Rufus Dawes (1911)
* Dan Morgan (1911)
* Moora Neeya, or The Message of the Spear (1911)
* The Lady Outlaw (1911)
* Mates from the Murrumbidgee (1911)
* In the Nick of Time (1911)
* Way Outback (1911)
* What Women Suffer (1911)
* The Cup Winner (1911)
* Caloola, or The Adventures of a Jackeroo (1911)
* The Miner's Curse (1911)
* King of the Coiners (1912)
* Do Men Love Women? (1912)
* The Sin of a Woman (1912)
* The Crime and the Criminal (1912)
* Cooee and the Echo (1912)
* The Love Tyrant (1912)
* The Cheat (1912)
* Won on the Post (1912)
* Whose Was the Hand? (1912)
* The Moira, or Mystery of the Bush (1912)
* The Day (1914)
* The Sunny South or The Whirlwind of Fate (1915)
* Will They Never Come? (1915)
* The Hero of the Dardanelles (1915)
* The Loyal Rebel (1915)
* How We Beat the Emden (1915)
* A Man - That's All (1916)
* For the Honour of Australia (1916)
* Cupid Camouflaged (1918)

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