The Wagon and the Star
| The Wagon and the Star | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Release dates |
|
| Language | English |
| Budget | £15,000 |
The Wagon and the Star (or Waggon with 2x g) was a 1936 New Zealand film by producer/director J.J.W. Pollard, the editor of the Southland Times 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.
Plot
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
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Wednesday, November 05, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.