The Russell Affair


The Russell Affair is a 1928 Australian silent film directed by P. J. Ramster. It was Ramster's last film.

Synopsis

An artist, Stephen Patrick, falls in love with his model, Juliette. Juliette is in love with Dr Lonsdale, who is engaged to a wealthy widow, Ruby Russell. Ruby destroys Patrick's paintings of Juliette in a jealous rage, but manages to get Juliette blamed. A blackmailer, Arthur White, complicates things.

Production

The movie was financed partly by Juliette De La Ruze, a woman anxious to get involved in film production. Filming took place in Sydney, partly at the studios of Australasian Films, Hyde Park and "in the homes of prominent society people and wound up in August 1928.
The star, Jessica Harcourt, previously appeared in the expensive silent productions, For the Term of His Natural Life and The Adorable Outcast and was also well known as a fashion model. She made no further films.
No copy exists today and it is considered a lost film.

Cast