The Wagon and the Star

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The Wagon and the Star
The Wagon and the Star (1936).jpg
Directed byJ.J.W. Pollard
Written byJ.J.W. Pollard
Produced byJ.J.W. Pollard
StarringJohn Peake
Faye Hinchley
William (Bill) Buchanan
Cinematography Lee Hill
Music byHoward Moody
Release date
  • 1936 (1936)
LanguageEnglish
Budget£15,000

The Wagon and the Star (or Waggon with 2x g) is a 1936 New Zealand film by producer and director J.J.W. Pollard, 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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Premise

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.

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