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Our Friends the Hayseeds
Also known as The Hayseeds in Australia
(1917) Australia
B&W : [?] Five? reels / 1524 metres
Directed by Beaumont Smith

Cast: Roy Redgrave [Dad Hayseed], Walter Cornock [Joe Hayseed], Pearl Hellmrich [Pansy Duggan], Margaret Gordon [Mrs. Hayseed], J. Plumpton Wilson [the parson], H.H. Wallace [Dan Hayseed], Vera Spaull [Poppy Hayseed], Cecil Haines [Lizzie Hayseed], Jack Radford [Tommie Hayseed], Peter Ward [Peter Hayseed], Tom Cannam [a hired hand], Percy Mackay [Mr. Duggan], Nan Taylor [Mrs. Duggan], Crosbie Ward [Mike Duggan], Fred Carlton [Jack Duggan], Olga Agnew [Mollie Duggan], Gerald Kay Souper [the parliamentarian], Esther Mitchell [his wife]

Scenario by Beaumont Smith. Cinematography by Harry Krischock. / Released 19 March 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Smith’s first film as director.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: (unknown)

Listing updated: 14 April 2024.

References: Shirley-Australian pp. 49, 50 : Website-IMDb.