On Our Selection
About On Our Selection
Mrs. Rudd and the younger children join Dad Rudd and Dave on the selection, where the two men have already built a slab and mud hut. The family later earns enough for a horse and plough. A year of drought and a bushfire set the farm back. Kate comes home from teaching in the city and marries the neighbour Sandy.
Cast & crew
More about On Our Selection
Raymond Longford directed. E. J. Carroll produced. Longford, Lottie Lyell, and Syd Nicholls wrote the adaptation and the titles, from Steele Rudd's Dad and Dave stories. Arthur Higgins photographed it. The release length was 6,890 feet.
Themes
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Arthur Higgins photographed the selection, the drought, and the bushfire.
Notes
- Percy Walshe plays Dad Rudd, Tal Ordell plays Dave, and Beatrice Esmond plays Mrs. Rudd.
- Evelyn Johnson plays Kate. Arthur Greenaway is credited as Sandy Taylor.
- The Wikipedia plot summary calls the neighbour Sandy Nelson, while the cast list says Sandy Taylor.
- Fred Coleman plays Dan, Charlotte Beaumont plays Sarah, and Arthur Wilson plays Joe.
- This silent film is not the 1932 talkie of the same title.
Influenced by
- Steele Rudd's On Our Selection stories
