AUSTRALIAN COMEDY
BERT BAILEY’S RETURN Comedy though it is. “ Dad and Dave Come to Town,” .coming on Friday to the Empire Theatre, is, a film that should appeal to all. In the way the typical characteristics of honest men and rogues, loving loyal women and 1 gold-diggers, and the native wit and cunning of the out-back “Aussie ” have been brought out there is something which places this picture on a new plane. And in the course of this achievement, there has been presented a most attractive study of home and city life in the great sandy continent. Bert Bailey has always been the screen Dad. but he has mellowed and gained a smarter, quizzical outlook. His rages, from which wisdom emerges are as appealing as his ponderous but genuine sentiments. Fred McDonald rivals the famous old stage actor in his own line, and the almost animal gurgle of delight when he is pleased is strictly exclusive. These two can do nothing right together the first time, and they provide continuous humour of a distinct sort.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23693, 28 December 1938, Page 3
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175AUSTRALIAN COMEDY Otago Daily Times, Issue 23693, 28 December 1938, Page 3
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