''The Hayseeds' Back-blocks Show'' is a 1917 Australian rural comedy from director

Beaumont Smith Frank Beaumont "Beau" Smith (15 August 1885 – 2 January 1950), was an Australian film director, producer and exhibitor, best known for making low-budget comedies. Smith made his first film, ''Our Friends, the Hayseeds,'' in 1917. He went on ...

. It was the third in his series about the rural family, the Hayseeds. It is considered a

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Synopsis

Dad Hayseed and his friends from Stoney Creek, including Dad Duggan, Cousin Harold, Sam, Tom, Poppy, Molly, Peter, Hopkins and M'Arthur, decide to hold an

agricultural show An agricultural show is a public event exhibiting the equipment, animals, sports and recreation associated with agriculture and animal husbandry. The largest comprise a livestock show (a judged event or display in which selective breeding, bree ...

. They go to Brisbane to ask the Governor of Queensland to open it and he agrees. They form a brass band to play, and the show is a great success.

Cast

* Fred MacDonald as Jim Hayseed *

Tal Ordell Talone Ordell (1880 – 1948), better known as Tal Ordel, was an Australian actor, writer and director. Ordell was probably born in Calcutta, India, seventh child of Victorian-born parents William Odell Raymond Buntine, drover, and his wife Susann ...

as Dad Hayseed *Harry McDonna as Cousin Harold *

Agnes Dobson Agnes May Dobson (30 December 1904 – 26 February 1987) was an Australian actress. Career Agnes Dobson was born on 30 December 1904, at Glebe Point, in Sydney, Australia, though her birth was not registered. Dobson's parents were New Zeala ...

*Collet Dobson

Production

Like the first two Hayseed movies,

used local appeal to make them attractive to audiences. This one was shot around Brisbane. It was followed by '' The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup''.

Reception

''The Bulletin'' wrote the film "is full of variety, as it touches on the farm, an agricultural show and a bush sports-meeting, besides supplying street views, with good clean comedy and a neat little love-story."

References

External links

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