Hamilton centre stage for comedy
In 1934, Hamilton was the location for ‘Hamilton Talks’ a twenty minute comedy billed as New Zealand’s first ‘talking picture comedy’. The film was directed by Rudall Hayward, who in later years went on to direct ‘Rewi’s Last Stand’. Thousands of local people were included in the production for crowd scenes and other notable locations included the Hamilton Hotel and River Road. This promotional flier was produced for the extended season of the film showing from November 10 at The Royal. Tickets could be reserved through the preferential booking plan for the gala performance and the proceeds from these tickets were donated to the Waikato Returned Soldiers’ Association.
Hamilton Talks has been digitised and is available to view on Nga Taonga Sound and Vision’s website (reference F14681).
