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The Moth of Moonbi
(1926) Australia
B&W : Feature film
Directed by Charles Chauvel

Cast: Marsden Hassall [Tom Resoult], Doris Ashwin [Dell Ferris], Arthur Tauchert [Jack Bronson], Charles O’Mara [Ferris], Michael Dwyer [Rodger Down], Colleen Richards [Margery Daw], Billie Stokes [Josephine], Jack Reed [Bill Devine], Darla Townend [Little Dell], Edward Lyon [Martin Brooks], Charles Chauvel [the aboriginal stockman]

Produced by Charles Chauvel. Scenario by Charles Chauvel, from the novel The Wild Moth by Mabel Forrest. / Premiered January 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Chauvel’s first film as director.

Drama.

Survival status: Print exists [incomplete (approximately 31 minutes)].

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 14 October 2022.

References: Shirley-Australian pp. 80, 81 : Website-IMDb.