Cirrus@Austlit

'In 4,000 ft. of film, spectators may follow the adventures of Jack Rundle, in bush and in city. The picture affords a glimpse of the young man at his work on a station, and tells of his love for Nellie Fallon, his father's ward. He leaves the station to attend to business in the city, and is tempted into dangerous society. Later comes the realisation that he has ruined his life, and he returns in sorrow to his father's home. There is no sympathy for the leper, and he wanders into the world, an outcast. Some years later he returns to the old homestead, and finds that the faithful love of his brother has been rewarded by Nellie Fallon, and two happy children have added to the delights of their home. The end comes dramatically with the suicide of the outcast.'

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'An Adelaide Photo-play', The Advertiser, 15 December 1916, p.8. (Via Trove Australia)

'Allen Doone's first attempt as an actor and producer of a moving picture play is a great success. 'The Rebel,' as the film is named, was photographed completely in Australia, although the scene of the play is Ireland. Jack Blake is the leader of a rebel band, formed to free Ireland from oppression. On the night of the attack on the fort, Captain Armstrong acts the traitor, and the rebel band is attacked and beaten. Blake escapes, and is married to Eileen McDermott, but afterwards he is captured and imprisoned. Eileen visits the prison, and, with the help of the gaol doctor, substitutes Blake for a suicide in the dead man's coffin. The coffin is taken to the vault, where two grave-robbers open it to get the corpse to sell to doctors. They find the 'corpse' alive, and help him to escape. Eileen is greatly grieved, thinking her husband dead. Blake, however, reaches her house and kills Captain Armstrong as he is about to force Eileen to marry him. The remainder of the rebels overcome Armstrong's guards, and the couple escape to France.'

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'Hero of Irish Drama', Sunday Times, 27 June 1915, p.16.