A_Message_from_Mars_(1903_film)

<i>A Message from Mars</i> (1903 film)

A Message from Mars (1903 film)

1903 New Zealand film

Not to be confused with A Message from Mars (1913 film).

A Message from Mars is a 1903 New Zealand short film by Franklyn Barrett, based on the play of the same name by Richard Ganthony that had been highly popular in Australia and New Zealand.[2][3][4]

Quick Facts A Message from Mars, Directed by ...

Another version of this film was made in 1913 in the UK as A Message from Mars (1913 film). In December 2014, the British Film Institute announced this latter film was posted online on their website.

Plot

A Martian comes to Earth to show a human he is selfish.

Cast

  • Peter Savieri[3][5]
  • Mrs Savieri
  • Gus Neville
  • Miss Foley

Preservation status

This 1903 film was New Zealand's first fiction film and is now considered a lost film.

References

  1. [1]
    Rutledge, 'Barrett, Walter Franklyn (1873–1964)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University accessed 11 September 2013.
  2. [2]
    "A Message From Mars." Southland Times , Issue 18051, 22 January 1903, Page 2 accessed 11 September 2013
  3. [3]
    "Film History: Where Wellington Stands". Dominion. No. 116. Papers Past. 10 February 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. [4]
    "A Message from Mars". Silent Era Company. 1903. Retrieved 3 January 2023.
  5. [5]
    "Production of Moving Pictures – In America and Australia". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.


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