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Title:
Page from 'Cupid Camouflaged' photograph album, 1918 : Romantic "Moombara"
Creator:
Percival, Lacey, 1885-1968.
Rolfe, Alfred, 1862-1943.
Date:
1918
Format:
1 album page including photoprint : b & w ; page size 225 x 164 mm ; photo size 118 x 82 mm.
Inscription:
Inscribed in white under the photo : Romantic "Moombara"
Subject:
Dwellings - New South Wales - Port Hacking
Moombara (Port Hacking, N.S.W.)
houses
parties
Moombara (Port Hacking, N.S.W.)
Lumsdaine, Rosamund.
Saltmarshe, Captain.
Series:
Cupid camouflaged album
Description:
Actors gathered on the verandah of 'Moombara' in Port Hacking N.S.W. From a souvenir album of stills from the silent film 'Cupid camouflaged'. Considered a lost film it was produced in 1918 to raise funds for the Red Cross.
The actors were amateurs, all well-known figures in Sydney society. Society also provided many of the film's locations.
The premiere for Cupid camouflaged was held at Sydney's Theatre Royal on 31 May 1918. Percival's photography was generally admired but the film's storyline was slight -- featuring matchmaking, mistaken identity, elopement, and true love winning through -- and the reviews were at best lukewarm. But all agreed that the film had succeeded in its purpose of swelling the coffers of the Red Cross, raising £1100 in ticket sales on the opening night. Everybody who was anybody in Sydney society had turned out to see themselves or their friends in the pictures.
Provenance:
Caroline Simpson Collection
Source:
Caroline Simpson Library & Research Collection ; CSL&RC PIC 2014/5
Rights:
You may save or print this image for research and study. If you wish to use it for any other purposes, you must contact
Museums of History NSW
to request permission.
Material Type:
Picture
Record number:
52352
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