The Bush Cinderella is a 1928 silent New Zealand film starring Dale Austen, the second Miss New Zealand.[1][2]

The Bush Cinderella
Directed byRudall Hayward
StarringDale Austen
Mae Bain
Allan Cornish
Edited byHilda Hayward
Release date
  • 4 August 1928 (1928-08-04)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryNew Zealand
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

It was filmed in and around Auckland in 1928.[3][4]

Cast edit

  • Dale Austen as Margaret Cameron / Mary Cameron
  • Mae Bain as Mrs. Codlin
  • Allan Cornish as The Doctor
  • Tony Firth as Sergeant Bennett
  • Walter Gray as Andrew Cameron
  • Al Mack as Sammy
  • Tom McDermott as Sam Codlin
  • Cecil Scott as Lieutenant Neal Harrison
  • Ernest Yandall as Michael Myrgatroyd
  • J Scott as The family lawyer
  • Freda Crosher as Jane Codlin
  • Arthur Lord as Crook
  • Jack De Rose as Crook
  • Frank Willoughby as Dr Stanway
  • Fred Chatwin as The detective
  • Jack Elmsworth as Captain of “The Rio Maid”
  • Tano Fama as First Mate
  • Willie Kyle as Codlin Kid
  • A Vaughn as Codlin Kid
  • K Davies as Codlin Kid
  • N Pearson as Codlin Kid
  • M Pearson as Codlin Kid
  • Maurice Quinn as Codlin Kid
  • Phillippa Hayward as Codlin Kid

References edit

  1. ^ Martin, Helen; Edwards, Sam (1997). "New Zealand film, 1912-1996". Trove. Auckland ; Melbourne ; Oxford :Oxford University Press. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  2. ^ L. R. Shelton. 'Hayward, Rudall Charles Victor - Biography', from the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 1-Sep-10 accessed 22 November 2012
  3. ^ The Bush Cinderella at NZ Film Project accessed 22 November 2012
  4. ^ "Australian Production Budget Drops Ninety Thousand Pounds This Year.", Everyones., 9 (459 (12 December 1928)), Sydney: Everyones Ltd, nla.obj-590190846, retrieved 7 March 2024 – via Trove

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