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The Wagon and the Star

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Language
  
English

Director
  
J.J.W. Pollard

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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.

Contents

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Plot

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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

    The Wagon and the Star Wikipedia
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