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Daughter of the East Directed by Roy Darling Produced by Adam Tavlaridi Written by Adam Tavlaridi Starring Dorothy Hawtree Cinematography Tasman Higgins Release date(s) 1924 Country Australia Language Silent film
English intertitlesDaughter of the East, also known as 'The Boy of the Dardanelles', is a 1924 Australian silent film about an Englishman who falls in love with an Greek girl, who is kidnapped by a Turkish pasha just before World War I. He ends up taking part in the Gallipoli Campaign.
The film was financed by Adam Tavlradi, a Greek cafe owner keep to show a film demonstrating the contribution of Greeks to the British war effort. Only portions of the movie survive.[1]
Cast
- Dorothy Hawtree
- Charles Villiers
References
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 122.
External links
- Daughter of the East at the Internet Movie Database
- Daughter of the East at National Film and Sound Archive
- Beyond the Rolling Wave: A History of Greek Settlement in New South Wales - an article for the NSW Heritage Office mentioning Adam Tavlaridi
Cinema of Australia 
Categories:- Australian films
- 1924 films
- Australian drama films
- Silent films
- Black-and-white films
- Australian film stubs
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