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She was born as Agnes Adele Wangenheim.
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Agnes Gavin
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She wrote the majority of his films and was arguably the first specialist screenwriter in the history of the Australian film industry. In newspapers she was advertised as the "well known picture dramatizer" and was praised for creating "cleverly constructed stories". The pair were best known for making films about bushrangers such as Captain Thunderbolt, Captain Moonlite, Ben Hall and Frank Gardiner, and convict-era melodramas.
She adapted her 1917 film The Murder of Captain Fryatt into a play: Captain Fryatt.
Or, Foreign King and Country. The White Hope (announced 1911) Outlaw Ned Kelly and His Gang (registered in 1918) Binda"s Mistress of the Girl of the Soil (registered in 1930).
