On Our Selection (Australian Film, 1932) [Part 1 of 8]
Murtagh Joseph Rudd (Percy Walshe), known as Dad, and his son Dave (Tal Ordell) finish a bark hut on their newly established ’selection’ of virgin bush. The rest of the family arrive and get to work, clearing the land by hand and planting a first crop of corn. The challenges include wildlife in their beds and no money to buy a horse, but their hard work pays off. In a year or two, the Rudds have a working farm and a more comfortable home, thanks to the domestic labours of Mrs Rudd (Beatrice …
found out the other version is called “dad and dave on our selection”…remember watching it on tv was a kak up!
theres another version with color, im looking for that version, cant seem to find it
I didn’t know there was more than 1 version. When I researched it on Wikipedia, it said 1920 Silent Film. It clearly isn’t Silent, and I suppose it probably isn’t 1920 either (as voice & soundtracks wouldn’t have been available then). Good point. I’ll update my details here.
I think this is the 1932 version.
Hey you’re right.
The place where I “borrowed” the full description, that I have used here, described it as a Silent Film - but clearly it is not. So I’ll correct my titles.
i don’t think it’s a silent movie?!