form y separately published work icon Grandad Rudd single work   film/TV   humour  
Adaptation of Gran'dad Rudd : An Australian Comedy Drama in Four Acts 'Steele Rudd' , 1917 single work drama and On Our Selection! 'Steele Rudd' , 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.

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