The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole

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The Romantic Story of Margaret Catchpole (1911)

Directed by Raymond Longford

Adventure, Drama · 26m

The story is founded on fact. In a village on the south coast of England, young Margaret Catchpole is being courted by two rivals, Will Laud, a smuggler, and Lieutenant Barry of the coast guards. She favours Laud, and when he escapes from custody after a government raid on the smugglers, Margaret steals a horse and tries to join him. In a fight with the coast guards, Laud is killed an Margaret is arrested for horse-stealing and transported to Botany Bay. Only part of the film survives today.

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Cast

Lottie Lyell Margaret Catchpole Raymond Longford Will Laud
A
Augustus Neville Lieutenant Barry
S
Sybil Wilde Little Kitty
W
William Coulter Lord Chief Justice
W
Walter Vincent Captain Luff - Smuggler
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Fred Hardy Chaloner Archdeckne
J
Jack Goodall Edward Catchpole
F
Fred Twitchin Mr. Cobbold

Crew

Director
Raymond Longford
Director of Photography
Arthur Higgins

Details

Release date
1911-08-06
Runtime
26m
Genres
Adventure, Drama
Original language
EN
Countries
Australia
Production
Spencer's Pictures