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Cecil Kellaway in The Hayseeds, Examiner, 30 December 1933, p.2.
form y separately published work icon The Hayseeds single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: The Hayseeds Come to Town
Issue Details: First known date: 1933... 1933 The Hayseeds
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'The story opens on "Dad's" farm, when a crowd of hikers enter his pastures and disturb his cattle, on a Sunday. After "roaring" them up, Dad strikes up a friendship with "Pa" Townleigh, who before leaving invites Dad and the family to spend a holiday with them in Sydney. Joe and Pansy get married, and the whole family come to town with them on their honeymoon, and then the fun becomes fast and furious. Dad is amazed that such a "bonzer" grazing paddock as Hyde Park is not fenced off, and that such a grand G.P.O. is built "just by selling penny stamps." The picture is complete with music and elaborate settings in bush and city, and is really first-class entertainment.'

Source:

'Alpha Theatre', Queensland Times, 9 March 1934, p.4.

Notes

  • Musical.

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      :       J. C. Williamson's Ltd ,       1933 .
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      Advertisement, Advertiser, 29 December 1933, p.2
      Link: 7908365The Hayseeds at Australian Screen (three clips) Sighted: 8/10/2014
      Extent: 98min.p.
      Description: Black-and-white
      Series: form y separately published work icon The Hayseeds Beaumont Smith , Australia : Beaumont Smith's Productions J. C. Williamson's Ltd , 1917-1933 7703561 1917 series - author film/TV

      A series of films written and directed by Beaumont Smith and featuring 'The Hayseeds', a rural family. The films range from rural comedy to science fiction.

      The films were very much marketed as a series in the early days, with newspapers identifying each new film by their number in the series.

      After the first four films, there was a pause of some years before the next two 'Hayseed' films were released. The comparative lack of box-office success of these two led to another hiatus, before the release of the comedy-musical The Hayseeds (essentially a re-boot of the series, and the only 'talkie' among them) in 1933.

             Number in series: 7
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