| The Hayseeds | |
|---|---|
 Contemporary advertisement for film | |
| Directed by | Beaumont Smith Raymond Longford (associate)[1] |
| Written by | Beaumont Smith |
| Produced by | Beaumont Smith |
| Starring | Cecil Kellaway |
| Cinematography | Tasman Higgins |
| Edited by | Frank Coffey |
| Music by | Alf Lawrence Fred Chapple |
Production company | J.C. Williamson Picture Productions |
| Distributed by | British Empire Films[2] |
Release date |
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Running time | 98 mins |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | £4,500[4][5][6] or £6,000[7] |
| Box office | £20,000[7][8] or £16,000[6][5] |
The Hayseeds is a 1933 Australian musical comedy from Beaumont Smith. It centres on the rural family, the Hayseeds, about whom Smith had previously made six silent films, starting with Our Friends, the Hayseeds (1917). He retired from directing in 1925 but decided to revive the series in the wake of the box office success of On Our Selection (1932).[9] It was the first starring role in a movie for stage actor Cecil Kellaway.
It was also known as The Hayseeds Come to Town.
- ^ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
- ^ "BEAUMONT SMITH BEGINS WORK ON TALKING PICTURE". Il Giornale Italiano. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1933. p. 5. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
- ^ Ross Cooper,"Filmography: Beaumont Smith", Cinema Papers, March–April 1976 p333
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, 164.
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
everyonewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Film Industry In Australia". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 June 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Doyle's Quota Views: What Cinesound Films Grossed.", Everyones., 14 (728 (7 February 1934)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-579030605, retrieved 23 March 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 16 April 1935. p. 10. Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ Vagg, Stephen (23 December 2019). "Australian Film Musicals You Probably Didn't Realise Existed". Filmink.