Dad Rudd, M.P.

Dad Rudd, M.P.
Poster for theatrical release
Directed byKen G. Hall
Written by
Based oncharacters created by Steele Rudd
Produced byKen G. Hall
Starring
CinematographyGeorge Heath
Edited byWilliam Shepherd
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Empire Films
Release dates
  • 5 June 1940 (1940-06-05) (world premiere)[1]
  • 14 June 1940 (1940-06-14) (Sydney)[2]
Running time
83 mins
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget£18,000[3] or £23,000[4]
Box office£28,000[3]

Dad Rudd, M.P. is a 1940 comedy that was the last of four films made by Ken G. Hall starring Bert Bailey as Dad Rudd. It was the last feature film directed by Hall prior to the war and the last made by Cinesound Productions, Bert Bailey and Frank Harvey.

  1. ^ "Embassy Theatre". Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay And Burnett Advertiser. No. 21, 394. Queensland, Australia. 6 June 1940. p. 11. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "DAD RUDD, M.P., FOR HUMOR, DRAMA". Daily News. Vol. 2, no. 479. New South Wales, Australia. 12 June 1940. p. 6. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b sortby = dateAsc 'Bert Bailey Started In Melodrama And Made A Fortune From A Beard', The Sunday Herald Sunday 5 April 1953 p 12
  4. ^ Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 245.