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Alternative title:
The Farmer Goes to Town
Adaptation of
On Our Selection!
1899
selected work
short story
Issue Details:
First known date:
1938...
1938
Dad and Dave Come to Town
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Dad inherits a Sydney fashion shop from his brother, whom he hadn't seen in more than twenty years. He sends one of his daughters down to run the shop, but it soon becomes apparent that a corrupt manager is in league with a competitor, Pierre. In an attempt to counter the dirty tricks campaign being waged against him, Dad closes the shop for renovations and to prepare for a major fashion show. Pierre still has a trump card up his sleeve, however: a debt of £1,000 left by Dad's brother.
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The Emerald City of Oz : The City of Sydney as a Gay Space in Australian Feature Films
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; (p. 307-319) 'Australian feature films featuring gay male characters have consistently defined the inner-city - and particularly the inner-city of Sydney - as a gay space. This article examines a range of such films within the historical context of the emergence of gay male community and culture in Sydney. While this history reveals the complex and contested nature of gay men's connections to the city, on-screen depictions have tended to mask such complexity in favour of a simplistic urban/gay versus rural/straight divide. By repeatedly exploring gay life in inner-city spaces through the eyes of heterosexual, rural visitors, Australian films have developed and replicated discourses that have seen Sydney defined as the 'true' home of gay male community and culture.' (Editor's abstract)
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Cinematic and Televisual Cities
2012-2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; (p. 215-221) 'This article introduces the nine articles that comprise the 'Cities' issue of Studies in Australasian Cities. Established and emerging scholars explore cities in Australian and New Zealand film and television. Articles cover aspects of media production, reception and exhibition in particular cities, studies of various city characters and spaces, and analyses of the relationship between representations of a city on-screen and the 'real' city.' (Editor's abstract)
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Dad and Dave Come to Town : Mr Entwhistle and Male Homosexuality
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Making Film and Television Histories : Australia and New Zealand 2011; (p. 215-219)
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Cinematic and Televisual Cities
2012-2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; (p. 215-221) 'This article introduces the nine articles that comprise the 'Cities' issue of Studies in Australasian Cities. Established and emerging scholars explore cities in Australian and New Zealand film and television. Articles cover aspects of media production, reception and exhibition in particular cities, studies of various city characters and spaces, and analyses of the relationship between representations of a city on-screen and the 'real' city.' (Editor's abstract)
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The Emerald City of Oz : The City of Sydney as a Gay Space in Australian Feature Films
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , March vol. 5 no. 3 2012; (p. 307-319) 'Australian feature films featuring gay male characters have consistently defined the inner-city - and particularly the inner-city of Sydney - as a gay space. This article examines a range of such films within the historical context of the emergence of gay male community and culture in Sydney. While this history reveals the complex and contested nature of gay men's connections to the city, on-screen depictions have tended to mask such complexity in favour of a simplistic urban/gay versus rural/straight divide. By repeatedly exploring gay life in inner-city spaces through the eyes of heterosexual, rural visitors, Australian films have developed and replicated discourses that have seen Sydney defined as the 'true' home of gay male community and culture.' (Editor's abstract)
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Dad and Dave Come to Town : Mr Entwhistle and Male Homosexuality
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Making Film and Television Histories : Australia and New Zealand 2011; (p. 215-219)
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