• Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert Bailey...
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    Ann Richards (actress) (category Australian emigrants to the United States)
    performances were in It Isn't Done (1937), Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938), An American Romance (1944), and Sorry, Wrong Number (1948). In the 1930s,...
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  • title is taken from a line spoken by Shirley Ann Richards in Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938). Aileen Britton Charlotte Francis Nancy Gurr Jean Hatton...
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  • of stage and screen best known for playing Ma Rudd in Dad and Dave Come to Town. The Woman Suffers (1918) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Dad Rudd MP...
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    Peter Finch (category British emigrants to Australia)
    film debut in Ken G. Hall's Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938), playing a small comic role. His performance was well received and Hall subsequently cast Finch...
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    Wallace: Let George Do It (1938) and Gone to the Dogs. In between these two, he made a third Rudd film, Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938), which featured a performance...
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  • amazing enthusiasm for Dad and Dave Come to Town makes another Bailey picture the wisest commercial choice. We feel that, by placing 'Dad' in politics, we will...
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    (1937) Lovers and Luggers (1937) The Broken Melody (1938) Let George Do It (1938) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Gone to the Dogs (1939) Come Up Smiling...
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  • On Our Selection (1932 film) (category Australian black-and-white films)
    variety of actors would play Mum and their other children. Grandad Rudd (1935) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Dad Rudd, MP (1940) ""ON OUR SELECTION...
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  • (1967) Dad (1989) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Dad and Dave: On Our Selection (1995) Dad, I'm Sorry (2021) Dad Made Dirty Movies (2011) Dad Rudd, M...
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  • Edge: Fire and Ice (2010) (TV) Dad and Dave (1932 series) * On Our Selection (1932) Grandad Rudd (1935) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Dad Rudd, M.P...
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  • Alec Kellaway (category Male actors from Cape Town)
    George Do It (1938) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Gone to the Dogs (1939) Come Up Smiling (1939) Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939) Dad Rudd, MP (1940) South...
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  • The Foolish Virgin Dora Doll – The Curtain Rises Peter Finch – Dad and Dave Come to Town Richard Fiske – Juvenile Court John Garfield – Swingtime in the...
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  • replaced the serial One Man's Family. Richards made it after Dad and Dave Come to Town and before Come Up Smiling. Rehearsals started in November 1938. The fortunes...
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  • Morning Herald. 16 December 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 17 December 2011. "Up Town And DoWn". The Labor Daily. No. 3363. New South Wales, Australia. 14 September...
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  • Grandad Rudd (category Australian black-and-white films)
    was later followed by Dad and Dave Come to Town and Dad Rudd, MP. The movie's plot is similar to that of the play: Dad Rudd (Bert Bailey) has become a...
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  • American actor, juggler and mimic. He was touring Australia when he signed to appear as the male juvenile in Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938). He appeared...
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  • Ltd, and also in revues and operetta burlesque. In the early 1930s he started to take small roles in films and had parts in Dad and Dave Come to Town, Smithy...
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  • Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) as Policeman Wings of Destiny (1940) as Peters Dad Rudd, MP (1940) as Electoral Officer Racing Luck (1941) Burns and...
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  • Fred MacDonald (category British emigrants to Australia)
    Maitland (1934) Grandad Rudd (1935) Dad and Dave Come to Town Dad Rudd, MP (1940) "MACDONALDS CHARACTER STUDY OF "DAVE."". The Sydney Morning Herald. National...
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  • Rose Bay Flying Boat Base opened with flights to London. Ken G. Hall's comedy Dad and Dave Come to Town includes feature film debut of Peter Finch. 1939...
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  • Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (category Australian black-and-white films)
    had met her socially and suggested she screen test. Peter Finch was cast after the impression he made in Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938). Kellaway arrived...
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  • (1937) Lovers and Luggers (1937) The Broken Melody (1938) Let George Do It (1938) Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) Gone to the Dogs (1939) Come Up Smiling...
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  • said it and Broken Melody performed better in the "nabes and stix" but were not as successful as Gone to the Dogs and Dad and Dave Come to Town which "smashed...
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  • original story Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) – uncredited contribution to screenplay Murder Every 28 Days! – novella They're Coming to Get Me – novella...
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  • Bert Bailey (category New Zealand emigrants to Australia)
    original play only Grandad Rudd (1935) – actor, co-writer Dad and Dave Come to Town – actor, co-writer Dad Rudd, MP (1940) – actor, co-writer South West Pacific...
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    American Dad! is an American animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Barker and Matt Weitzman for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series premiered...
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  • Sidney Wheeler (category British emigrants to Australia)
    TV and radio. He worked a number of times for Ken G. Hall. He was named as a co-respondent in a divorce case. Lovers and Luggers (1937) Dad and Dave Come...
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  • August. He had seen Dad and Dave Come to Town on the boat out to Australia and was so impressed by its quality that he asked to visit Cinesound. Zukor...
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  • Frank Harvey (Australian screenwriter) (category British emigrants to Australia)
    and Luggers aka Vengeance of the Deep (1937) – writer, actor The Broken Melody aka The Vagabond Violinist (1938) – writer, actor Dad and Dave Come to...
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