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Adaptation of
Gran'dad Rudd : An Australian Comedy Drama in Four Acts
1917
single work
drama
and
On Our Selection!
1899
selected work
short story
Issue Details:
First known date:
1935...
1935
Grandad Rudd
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Film Details - Cinesound Productions , 1935
Producers:
Bert Bailey
Ken G. Hall
Production Companies:
Cinesound Productions
Bailey and Grant
Director of Photography:
George Heath
Frank Hurley
Editors:
William Shepherd
Production Designers:
Fred Finlay
Cast:
Incl. Bert Bailey (Grandad Rudd), Fred MacDonald (Dave Rudd), Peggy Yeoman (Mum Rudd), George Lloyd (Dan), William McGowan (Joe), Kathleen Hamilton (Madge), Lilias Adeson (Lil), Les Warton (Regan), Elaine Hamill (Betty), John Cameron (Tom Dalley), John D'Arcy (Henry Cook), Molly Raynor (Amelia Banks), Bill Stewart (Banks), Marie D'Alton (Mrs. Banks), Marguerite Adele (Shirley Sanderson), George Blackwood (School-Master), Ambrose Foster (Young Dave), Percy Danby.
Release Dates:
Simultaneously released in Perth and Hobart in February 1935
Location:
- Filmed on location in Camden, New South Wales, with interior scenes filmed at Cinesounds Bondi studio.
Notes:
1. The first of three spin-off movies that followed on from On Our Selection, Grandad Rudd was shot quickly in October and November of 1934. Although the film received a lukewarm reception from the critics, primarily in response to the screenplay, it attracted good audiences and provided Cinesound (and co-producers Bailey and Grant) with a £15,000 profit.
2. Further reference: Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper. Australian Film 1900-1977, A Guide to Feature Film Production (1980), p. 224.
