Down on the Farm (1935 film)

Down on the Farm is a 1935 New Zealand film. It was New Zealand's first sound feature.[3][4] It is one of four films which lay claim to be the first "New Zealand talkie"; however The Devil's Pit and Hei Tiki had sound added in America, and On the Friendly Road was not released until 1936.

Down on the Farm
Directed byStewart Pitt
Produced byLee Hill
StarringRa Hould[1]
(Ronald Sinclair)[2]
CinematographyLee Hill
Release date
1935
Running time
6300 ft
105 min
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageEnglish

Little footage and no script of the film has survived.

References

  • New Zealand Film 1912–1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p45 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019 558336 1
  1. "N.Z. Boy's Lucky Trip". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 4 April 1936. p. 25. Retrieved 12 September 2013 via National Library of Australia.
  2. New Zealand Film 1912–1996 by Helen Martin & Sam Edwards p47 (1997, Oxford University Press, Auckland) ISBN 019-558336-1
  3. Down on the Farm at Film Archive accessed 12 September 2013
  4. "PICTURES AND PERSONALITIES". The Mercury. Hobart, Tasmania. 15 February 1936. p. 5. Retrieved 12 September 2013 via National Library of Australia.


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