The Wagon and the Star
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Language English | Director J.J.W. Pollard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Release date 1936 (1936) |
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.
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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.References
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