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Film NZ History

Beachside 1925

September 19, 2014March 29, 2016 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, beauty pageants, Rudall Hayward, silent film

Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision staff have been admiring beachside fashion circa 1925, in anticipation of summer. This footage depicts

Film NZ History

Who’s For Hollywood? – Miss New Zealand 1927

December 12, 2013February 1, 2017 Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision 0 Comments 1920s, Auckland, beauty pageants, celebrity, Dale Austen, Ellen Pullar, femininity, Hollywood, Miss New Zealand, national identity

By Ellen Pullar, NZFA Publicist This blog post looks back to 1927, at a little fizzer of a short film