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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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      :       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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