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''The Life's Romance of Adam Lindsay Gordon'' is a 1916 Australian feature-length film directed by W. J. Lincoln, based on the life of poet Adam Lindsay Gordon. Unlike many Australian silent movies, part of the film survives today. ==Plot== The story starts with Gordon's schooldays at Cheltenham College. Then details his career as a trooper in the Australian bush when he is given the task of escorting a lunatic to an asylum 200 miles away. He later resigns from the police force when he refuses to clean the sergeant's boots. He then becomes a horsebreaker and steeplechase rider. Later, Gordon falls into debt and decides to shoot himself. The final scene is a shot of Gordon's grave in Brighton, Victoria. The chapters were as follows: *Gordon's youth – Cheltenham College, England *Dormitory delights *Abduction of "Lallah Rooks" *The hum of hoarse cheering *Gordon wins the Point to Point *The headmaster hears of the race *Captain Gordon despairs of his son *How a man should uphold the sports of his land *Gordon fights and knocks out a bully *Gordon is expelled from college *Gordon's first love story *Gordon meets Jane Bridges *A wild west country ball *Gordon falls in love with Jane *Mrs Gordon chides her son concerning Jane *Gordon announces his love and defies his parents *Gordon puts his fate to the test *Gordon's clandesdine visit to Jane *Gordon declares his love for Jane *Gordon parting from Jane *Gordon leaves England *On board the outward bound vessel *The Land of gold – Australia *Gordon in Australia *Gordon joins the mounted police *Gordon arrests the circus clown in error *An amusing denouement *Gordon meets Trainor *The beginning of a lifelong friendship *A maniac at large *Gordon attempts his capture singlehanded *Gordon captures maniac and seals his fate *A dramatic meeting *Gordon encounters Maggie Park *His Australian romance *Gordon escorts maniac 200 miles *Bush camp fire – memories *Maniac attempts Gordon's life *Gordon's miraculous escape *Gordon resigns from the police *Gordon again meets Trainor *Their horsebreaking career *Gordon meets Maggie Park a second time *Gordon engaged on Park Station *A country steeplechase *Gordon falls in is severely injured *Nursed back to life by Maggie *Gordon declares his love *They ride eighty miles to the nearest church *Gordon and Maggie are married *Scene from the Wreck *The midnight ride along Northumberland Road *Down with the sliprails *Gallop for your souls *Two years later at Mount Gambier *The bailiff in the home *Gordon in adversity *The £7000 legacy *Fortune comes to Gordon *Gordon and party on "pounding" expedition *Gordon's famous leap near the Blue Lake *The Blue Lake, Mount Gambier *Gordon engaged to ride Prince Rupert *Gordon intimidated by an unscrupulous Jew *Gordon deals effectively with the Hebrew *Flemington Racecourse 1808 *Prince Rupert Falls *Gordon dazed – remounts *The crash of the splintering wood *Prince Rupert's second fall *Gordon seriously injured *Gordon recovers from his accident *News of Gordon's prospective inheritance *Gordon obtains an advance from a moneylender *The editor's room of the ''Australasian'' *''Sea Spray and Smoke Drift'' rejected *Gordon's cup of bitterness *Gordon receives news of his disinheritance *Gordon meets Kendall *They adjourn to the ''Argus'' bar *Kendall shows Gordon his criticism of ''Bush Ballads'' *Gordon and Kendall spend their last shilling *Gordon walks to Brighton *Gordon loses all hope *Gordon broods by the fireside *And when the morning breaks *He shoulders his gun *His pathetic parting with Maggie *Gun in his hand he walks along the beach *A fisherman greets Gordon *Gordon enters the tea tree scrub *The passing of Gordon's soul *The bushman reads his life story *The 1916 "Gordon" pilgrimage to Brighton *Amongst Gordon's old friends *The shower of sun-kissed wattle 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Life's Romance of Adam Lindsay Gordon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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