On Our Selection (1932 film)

On Our Selection
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKen G. Hall
Written byBert Bailey
Ken G. Hall
Based onplay by Bert Bailey & Edmund Duggan
based on the stories of Steele Rudd
Produced byBert Bailey
StarringBert Bailey
Fred MacDonald
Dick Fair
CinematographyWalter Sully
Edited byGeorge Malcolm
Production
company
Distributed byBritish Empire Films (Australia)
Universal (UK)
Release dates
  • 22 July 1932 (1932-07-22) (Brisbane)[1]
  • 12 August 1932 (1932-08-12) (Sydney)
Running time
99 minutes (Australia)
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Budget£8,000[2][3] or £6,000[4]
Box office£60,000 (end 1953)[5]
£2,000 (UK)[6]

On Our Selection (titled in the UK as Down On the Farm) is a 1932 comedy based on the Dad and Dave stories by Steele Rudd. These had been turned into a popular play by Bert Bailey and Edmund Duggan in 1912, which formed the basis for the screenplay. Bailey repeats his stage role as Dad Rudd. He also wrote the script with director Ken G. Hall.

The movie was one of the most popular Australian films of all time.[6]

  1. ^ ""ON OUR SELECTION."". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 20 July 1932. p. 18. Retrieved 5 October 2013.
  2. ^ "Counting the CASH in Australian Films. "Selection Nets Rert Bailey £14,000 What Others Cost and Lost—Stars' Salaries and Story Prices.", Everyones., Sydney: Everyones Ltd, 12 December 1934, nla.obj-577835346, retrieved 15 August 2024 – via Trove
  3. ^ "Film Industry In Australia". The News. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 11 June 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  4. ^ Pike, Andrew Franklin. "The History of an Australian Film Production Company: Cinesound, 1932-70" (PDF). Australian National University. p. 245.
  5. ^ "Bert Bailey Started In Melodrama And Made A Fortune From A Beard". The Sunday Herald. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 5 April 1953. p. 12. Retrieved 25 March 2012.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Pike was invoked but never defined (see the help page).