Remnants Of Lost Media: A Girl Detective In 1921

A scan of a 1920s advertisement for the Queensland film "Retribution". Features a centrefold with two rectangles of text. The left box describes the film's premise, and the right box features the details of viewing dates and venue, as well as a black and white illustration of the nurse character holding the bars of a jail cell.

Interior of 1920s film advertisement featuring black and white lineart portrait drawings in circles of the cast of characters, including the sapphire king, the nurse, the young doctor, the mother, the father, and the "village idiot". To the right, a full body illustration of the girl detective, the main character, in a men's suit holding a smoking gun. The film title "Retribution" is in the centre in prominent white lettering.

Remnants of Lost Media: A Girl Detective in 1921

This film advertisement is one of the only remaining records of the 1921 silent film Retribution, filmed in Queensland and considered to be one of the first full-length feature films made in the state. Directed by Armand Lionello and starring Thorene Adair as the suit-wearing, sharp-shooting girl detective, Retribution told the story of a young woman seeking to absolve her sister of the murder of the "Sapphire King of Anakie" and the theft of his sapphires.

There are no known surviving copies of this film, however a record of the film's script was registered for copyright in August 1921, and a copy of this script is held in the National Archives of Australia.

Original images HERE.

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