{{short description|1927 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Northbound Limited | image =
| caption = | director = Greg Palmer | producer = Greg Palmer | writer = Greg Palmer | narrator = | starring = Greg Palmer | music = | cinematography =Reg Edwards<br>Albert Drysdale | editing = | distributor = | studio = Palmer Pictures | released = {{Film date|1927}} | runtime = 43 mins (1,033 feet) | country = Australia | language = Silent film <br>English intertitles | budget = £3,000<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107609977 |title=OLLA PODRIDA |newspaper=The Muswellbrook Chronicle |volume=6 |issue=63 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=19 August 1927 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> }} '''''The Northbound Limited''''' is a 1927 Australian film. It was directed by Greg Palmer who was only 17 when he made it.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77689462 |title=THE NORTHBOUND LIMITED. |newspaper=The Border Watch |volume=LXV |issue=6579 |location=South Australia |date=8 February 1927 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> A copy of the film exists at the National Film and Sound Archive.
==Plot== A brother and sister live on a farm in south-eastern New South Wales which possesses valuable timber. The timber is felled by a nearby mill owner for the benefit of the brother and sister, although at the time it appears to be a devious act. While the suspected villain rides on the Sydney Express (The Northbound Limited), he is chased by the brother and the mill owner's daughter. Following the train chase, the misunderstanding is revealed when the mill owner presents a cheque for felled timber from the land.
==Cast== *Greg Palmer *Thelma Nelson *Robert Williams *Phyllis Blake
==Production== The film included documentary scenes of Melbourne, Wangaratta, and the country town of Seymour are shown.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202408623 |title="THE NORTHBOUND LIMITED." |newspaper=The Evening News |issue=1352 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=4 December 1926 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It took Palmer six months to make.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article77689364 |title=YOUNG PICTURE PRODUCER |newspaper=The Border Watch |volume=LXV |issue=6578 |location=South Australia |date=5 February 1927 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=1 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It was finished in September 1926.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article112150949 |title=NORTHBOUND LTD. |newspaper=The Corowa Chronicle |volume=20 |issue=2090 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=1 September 1926 |access-date=26 April 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
==Release== In December 1926 the film screened privately in Melbourne.<ref>{{Citation | title=Everyones | publication-date=1920 | publisher=Everyones Ltd | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-581008520 | access-date=26 April 2019 }}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://colsearch.nfsa.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;page=0;query=northbound%20limited;rec=1;resCount=10 The Northbound Limited] at National Film and Sound Archive
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