Description: Bookrespect We classify our books... FINE/VERY GOOD/GOOD/FAIR/READING COPY ONLY (+ or -) A VINTAGE SILENT FILM CLASSIC The ROMANCE of RUNNIBEDE by Steele Rudd Date: no date but 1928 Publisher: NSW Bookstall Co Ltd., Rowlandson House, Castlereagh and Market Sts, Sydney Edition: I believe this to be the first and only Illustrated Film Edition of 1928. Binding: Hardcover Dustjacket: none Pages: 208 + plates Illustrated: with original Phillips Film Production stills of the film of this book. Condition: Worn blue cloth-bound cover with title to spine and front cover, STRAIGHT & CLEAN in GOOD minus CONDITION with an inscription name & address) to the front paste-down, no dj and the front end-paper and frontispiece have been removed. Thus 7 of the 8 photograph plates (B/W film stills) are still in situ (see scans). Steele Rudd was the pen name of Arthur Hoey Davis (14 November 1868 – 11 October 1935) an Australian author, best known for his short story collection "On Our Selection".Unlike most of his short stories and comedies, this is a dramatic novel. The Plot: Dorothy Winchester finishes four years of school and returns home to North Queensland where her father has a large station. She is kidnapped by a tribe of local aboriginals who believe she is the reincarnation of a queen. She is pursued by two men who love her: Tom Linton, a stockman on her father's property, and Sub-Inspector Dale, a mounted policeman. One of the men gives their life to save Dorothy. She is saved by Tom, her childhood sweetheart, who she later marries. The Romance of Runnibede is a 1928 Australian silent film based on incidents in this book by Steele Rudd. Unlike many Australian silent movies, a copy of it exists today.The movie was shot on location at an aboriginal reserve near Murgon in Queensland and in a studio at Rushcutters Bay by Phillips Films Productions Ltd.Acclaimed by the critic from the Sydney Morning Herald who said it "deserves unqualified praise". However Romance proved to be a major disappointment at the box office and by May 1928 the company was in liquidation. Steele Rudd lost most of the money he invested and American Movie Star Eva Novak left Australia still owed £3,000 in salary.The movie did obtain release in the UK in 1928.
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Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Features: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Custom Bundle: No
Format: Hardcover
Item Width: 3 cm
Modified Item: No
Number of Pages: 208
Item Length: 13 cm
Item Height: 19 cm
Subject: Australian History
Illustrator: Phillips Film Productions
Topic: Action Movies, Australia, Collectibles, Film, Horse Riding, Performing Arts, Photographers, Screenplays, Silent Movies
Book Series: Illustrated Film Editions
Vintage: Yes
Era: 1920s
Country/Region of Manufacture: Australia
Personalised: Yes
Ex Libris: No
Edition: Illustrated film edition
Language: English
Publication Year: 1928
Item Weight: 400 g
Book Title: The Romance of Runnibede
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Author: Steele Rudd
Original Language: English
Narrative Type: Fiction
Literary Movement: Film Adaptation
Publisher: NSW Bookstall Co
Inscribed: Yes
Signed: No
Genre: Action, Adaptation, Antiquarian & Collectible, Drama, Film/TV Adaptation, Romance
Type: Picture Book
