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Language
  
Silent

Director
  
Beaumont Smith

Country
  
Australia

The Hayseeds Back blocks Show movie poster
Release date
  
5 November 1917

The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show is a 1917 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. It was the third in his series about the rural family, the Hayseeds.

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It is considered a lost film.

Synopsis

Dad Hayseed and his friends from Stoney Creek, including Dad Duggan, Cousin Harold, Sam, Tom, Poppy, Molly, Peter, Hopkins and M'Arthur, decide to hold an agricultural show. They go to Brisbane to ask the Governor of Queensland to open it and he agrees. They form a brass band to play, and the show is a great success.

Cast

  • Fred MacDonald as Jim Hayseed
  • Tal Ordell as Dad Hayseed
  • Harry McDonna as Cousin Harold
  • Agnes Dobson
  • Collet Dobson

    • Production

    Like the first two Hayseed movies, Beaumont Smith used local appeal to make them attractive to audiences. This one was shot around Brisbane. It was followed by The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup.

    References

    The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    The Hayseeds Back blocks Show IMDb


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