hamilton talks

Billed as New Zealand’s first ‘Talking Picture Comedy’, HAMILTON TALKS is a twenty minute comedy shot in Hamilton.

The locations used included the Hamilton Hotel and the grounds behind it. A location in River Road was used for the afternoon tea scene.

The silent ‘two-reeler’ comedies made in the twenties were the basis for the type of story, which is a typical comedy of the time. Many of the Hamilton townspeople of the time took part in the film, which includes crowd scenes at the airport and the entire muster of pupils at a local school. Thousands of Hamilton people either took part in or saw this film at the time.

Intertitles: ‘It was Street Collection Day so most of the local Scotchmen had business at the saleyards.’

‘ At the Civic Reception they presented him with a key to the City. All he needed now was a couple of “handles.”

‘Next morning Hargraves visits his old school.’

‘An after dinner interlude.’

‘It was a case of the early bird with some of the local spinsters.’

‘At the Aerodrome.’

‘The Royal Hamilton Air Force does its stuff.’

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