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form y separately published work icon Silks and Saddles single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: Queen O' the Turf; Queen of the Turf
Issue Details: First known date: 1921... 1921 Silks and Saddles
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Bobbie Moreton, daughter of 'Kangarooie' squatter Richard Moreton Snr, is a thorough sportswoman and her parents' pride and joy. Her brother on the other hand has been all but disowned due to his wild behaviour in the city and his refusal to take on the family's obligations. When Bobby asks him return home for her birthday he agrees, but does so in the company of Mrs Fane, a high society adventuress with a questionable past. Meanwhile, Dennis O'Hara, the Moretons' good-natured Irish neighbour, is in love with Bobbie, but clearly doesn't have a chance of winning her affection. Nevertheless, he gives her his horse, Alert, as a present. Bobbie enters it in a race but Mrs Fane, who has gambled on another horse, tries by various means to stop her winning. When a young and handsome distant relative of the Moretons arrives, there is an immediate attraction between him and Bobby. And despite all her machinations, Mrs Fane fails to stop Bobbie and she eventually rides Alert to victory.

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Notes

  • Silks and Saddles was released in the USA as Queen o' Turf (aka Queen of the Turf).
  • The film was shot in and around Sydney, including Randwick racecourse and the Macarthur Onlsow Estate at Camden (New South Wales). Interior scenes were filmed the Carrolls' studio at Palmerston, Waverly. Some footage was also taken from an aeroplane, one of the first Australian movies to do so. The champion race horse Kennaquhair appears in the lead equestrian role.
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Works about this Work

'Silks and Saddles' 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Northern Miner , 28 November 1921 1921; (p. 2)

— Review of Silks and Saddles John Cosgrove , John K. Wells , 1921 single work film/TV
'Silks and Saddles' at Wests 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Register , 15 July vol. 86 no. 25303 1921; (p. 5)

— Review of Silks and Saddles John Cosgrove , John K. Wells , 1921 single work film/TV
'Silks and Saddles' : An Australian Racing Classic 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Register , 6 July vol. 86 no. 25295 1921; (p. 7)

— Review of Silks and Saddles John Cosgrove , John K. Wells , 1921 single work film/TV
'Silks and Saddles' : An Australian Racing Classic 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Register , 6 July vol. 86 no. 25295 1921; (p. 7)

— Review of Silks and Saddles John Cosgrove , John K. Wells , 1921 single work film/TV
'Silks and Saddles' at Wests 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Register , 15 July vol. 86 no. 25303 1921; (p. 5)

— Review of Silks and Saddles John Cosgrove , John K. Wells , 1921 single work film/TV
'Silks and Saddles' 1921 single work review
— Appears in: The Northern Miner , 28 November 1921 1921; (p. 2)

— Review of Silks and Saddles John Cosgrove , John K. Wells , 1921 single work film/TV
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