The Wagon and the Star
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| The Wagon and the Star | |
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| Directed by | J.J.W. Pollard |
| Written by | J.J.W. Pollard |
| Produced by | J.J.W. Pollard |
| Starring | John Peake Faye Hinchley William (Bill) Buchanan |
| Cinematography | Lee Hill |
| Music by | Howard Moody |
Release date |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | £15,000 |
The Wagon and the Star (or Waggon with 2x g) was a 1936 New Zealand film by producer and director J.J.W. Pollard, who also wrote the screenplay. Only one reel of the film and some out-takes survive. The handbuilt camera used was built by Ted Coubray and "confiscated" by Alexander Markey on the set of Hei Tiki.
Premise
Two migrants from "Home" John Hawthron and Andrew Henderson from Scotland meet on a road building gang. John has not yet made his fortune in the new country, but he eventually builds up a large transport and accommodation business and marries Mary the daughter of a local landowner, despite the presence of a villainous local lawyer.
Cast
- Most of the cast were amateurs from the local operatic society in Invercargill.
- John Peake as John Hawthron
- Faye Hinchley as Mary Tyson
- William (Bill) Buchanan as Andrew Henderson
- TR Vanity ( Tom Pryde ) as Hubert Throstle
References
- New Zealand Film 1912-1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p48 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1
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