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In the Nick of Time
In the Nick of Time
	Sunday Times 3 Sept 1911
Directed by	Alfred Rolfe
Production; company	Australian Photo-Play Company
Release date	4 September 1911;
Running time	1,200 feet
Country	Australia
Languages	Silent film; English intertitles

In the Nick of Time is a 1911 Australian silent film directed by Alfred Rolfe.^[2] It was described as a "sensational railway drama", although now is considered a lost film.^[3]^[4]

It featured a fight on the footboard of a train.^[5]

It was called a "special feature", as in it had a shorter running time.^[6] The movie came from the Australian Photoplay Company.^[7]

Plot

The film featured two main sequences:^[8]

the ride for life
a murderous fight on the footboard of the train

Reception

One critic, from the Daily Herald, called it "easily the best of the A.P.P. Company's many brilliant dramatic productions."^[9]

References

^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 4 September 1911. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^ Vagg, S., & Reynaud, D. (2016). Alfred Rolfe: Forgotten pioneer Australian film director. Studies in Australasian Cinema, 10(2),184-198. doi:10.1080/17503175.2016.1170950
^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 24
^ "ALONG FILM ROW Folk. Fact and Fancy....The Laughs and Laments of the Trade", Everyones., 13 (723 (3 January 1934)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 1920, nla.obj-578996760, retrieved 1 December 2023 – via Trove
^ "VICTORIA HALL". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 4 September 1911. p. 4. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
^ "THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD". Referee. No. 1287. New South Wales, Australia. 5 July 1911. p. 16. Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Advertising". The Advertiser. Vol. LV, no. 16, 854. South Australia. 22 October 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 1 December 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Advertising". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 3 September 1911. p. 1. Retrieved 13 September 2013.
^ "LYRIC THEATRE". Daily Herald. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 23 October 1912. p. 8. Retrieved 13 September 2013.