UNDER THE SOUTHERN CROSS
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Reference number: F1920
Reference information
| Type: | Moving Image |
|---|---|
| Year: | 1927 |
| Duration: | 1:00:00 |
| Category: | feature |
| Production company: | Sphere Films |
| Place of origin: | United Kingdom |
Viewing locations
- Film Archive, Auckland: 1998.5736
- Film Archive, Wellington: 2004.7349
- Medianet: Available (find locations)
Description
A young man emigrates from England having been wrongly accused of a crime. In New Zealand he takes a job on a Hawkes Bay sheep farm, where he quickly adapts to the life and falls in love with Hazel, joint owner of a nearby station. The station manager also fancies Hazel, she rejects his advances. It transpires that the manager was the person who committed the crime back in England and, after he is arrested, the young couple are happily united.
Credits
David Bryne: Charles Aubrey Ashford
Garrick Carlisle: Moataa Doughty
Hazel Carlisle: Tui Fryer
Alex Dermott: A. Judde
Mrs. Dermott: Mrs. Judde
Robert Fenton: Barton Ginger
Jean: Jean Leckie
Director: Gustav Pauli
[Camera: TED (EDWIN) COUBRAY]
Released throughout New Zealand & Australia by CINEMA ART FILMS LTD W'GTON
Produced for the British Company Sphere Films
[Hazel is actually Mary Judd, daughter of Albert and Julie Judd who also feature in the film and whose names are incorrectly spelled in the credits].
