The Wagon and the Star
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.
| The Wagon and the Star | |
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| Directed by | J.J.W. Pollard |
| Produced by | J.J.W. Pollard |
| Written by | J.J.W. Pollard |
| Starring | John Peake Faye Hinchley William (Bill) Buchanan |
| Music by | Howard Moody |
| Cinematography | Lee Hill |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | £15,000 |
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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