The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup
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Directed byBeaumont Smith
Written byBeaumont Smith
Produced byBeaumont Smith
StarringTal Ordell
Fred MacDonald
Fred MacDonald
| The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup | |
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 Contemporary advertisement | |
| Directed by | Beaumont Smith |
| Written by | Beaumont Smith |
| Produced by | Beaumont Smith |
| Starring | Tal Ordell Fred MacDonald |
| Cinematography | A. O. Segerberg |
Production company | Beaumont Smith Productions |
| Distributed by | Beaumont Smith Kookaburra Films |
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Running time | 4,000 feet |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | silent |
The Hayseeds' Melbourne Cup is a 1918 Australian rural comedy from director Beaumont Smith. It was the fourth in his series about the rural family, the Hayseeds, and centers on Dad Hayseed entering his horse in the Melbourne Cup.[2]
It is considered a lost film.
Dad Hayseed buys a horse for £20 called Cornstalk and it starts winning so many local races he decides to enter it in the Melbourne Cup. He is accompanied by his son Jim (the trainer), cousin Harold (jockey) and Mum Hayseed. Jim falls in love with an actress, and Mum has a nightmare about washing steps of Parliament House. On the race day, Mum boils a billy at Flemington and Cornstalk wins the race despite the efforts of a crooked bookmaker.
Cast
- Fred MacDonald as Jim Hayseed
- Tal Ordell as Dad Hayseed
- Harry McDonna as Cousin Harold
- Gladys Leigh as Mrs Hayseed
- Guy Hastings
- Ethel Grist
- Mattie Ive
- Jessie Dale
- Driscoll
