The Breaking of the Drought

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The Breaking of the Drought (1920)

Directed by Franklyn Barrett

Drama · 1h 27m

Wallaby Station in the outback is devastated by drought. The sheep are starving, but Jo Galloway (Charles Beetham) and his wife (Nan Taylor) battle on. Their son Gilbert (Rawdon Blandford) falls in with the wrong crowd while studying medicine in Sydney: conman Varsy Lyddleton (John Faulkner) and the seductress Olive Lorette (Marie La Varre). Gilbert forges his mother’s cheques to pay for Olive’s favours, ruining the family. A bank takes ‘friendly possession’ of Wallaby Station. Gilbert’s sister Marjorie (Trilby Clark) keeps her brother out of jail, but he becomes a tramp, after Lyddleton murders Olive and kills himself. Marjorie’s suitor Tom Wattleby (Dunstan Webb) saves Gilbert from a bushfire, just as the drought breaks, restoring the family’s fortunes. Marjorie and Tom can now wed, as the sheep and cattle fatten on rich pasture.

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Cast

C
Charles Beetham Jo Galloway
N
Nan Taylor Mrs. Galloway
R
Rawdon Blandford Gilbert Galloway Trilby Clark Marjorie Galloway
D
Dunstan Webb Tom Wattleby
E
Ethel Henry Molly Henderson Marie La Varre Olive Lorette
J
John Faulkner Varsy Lyddleton

Crew

Director
Franklyn Barrett

Details

Release date
1920-01-01
Runtime
1h 27m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Australia
Production
Golden Wattle Films