Video Overview Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online

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href="/titles/features/dad-and-dave-come-to-town/clip2/"><img src="/media/titles/daddavet/daddavet2__jpg_240x180_crop_q85.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="clip 2" /></a> <p style="width:205px;"><a href="/titles/features/dad-and-dave-come-to-town/clip2/">Mannequins, misfits and Marys <span class="clip-dur-overlay" style="top:190px;"> 2:30 </span> </a></p> </div> <div class="video-clip-tease"> <a href="/titles/features/dad-and-dave-come-to-town/clip3/"><img src="/media/titles/daddavet/daddavet3__jpg_240x180_crop_q85.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="clip 3" /></a> <p style="width:205px;"><a href="/titles/features/dad-and-dave-come-to-town/clip3/">Modernising the country cousins <span class="clip-dur-overlay" style="top:190px;"> 3:00 </span> </a></p> </div> </div> <div id="stats"> <h1>Dad and Dave Come to Town <span class="year">(<a href="/titles/year/1938/" title="All titles produced in 1938">1938</a>)</span></h1> <p>The question this fish-out-of-water comedy is really asking is whether Australians have the confidence to be modern in the context of the wider world of 1938.</p> <div id="vital-stats"> <p> Length: 88 minutes </p> <p> Original <a href="/about/aspect-ratio/">aspect ratio</a>: 1.37:1 (Academy)<br /> Original <a href="/about/classification/">classification rating</a>: G </p> </div> <div id="prodcomp"> <h4>Production company: </h4> <p class="greenlink"> <a href="/titles/companies/Cinesound+Productions/">Cinesound Productions</a> </p> </div> <div id="coll-partner"> <h4>Source:</h4> <a href="/titles/partners/nfsa/"><img src="/media/img/logos_sep/nfsa.png" alt="National Film and Sound Archive" /></a> <p>NFSA title number: 7581</p> </div> <ul class="edulinks"> </ul> </div> <div id="see-also"> <div id="other-genres"> <h4>See also:</h4> <p><a href="/titles/features/">Feature films</a>, <a href="/titles/genres/comedy/">Comedy</a> </p> </div> <div id="tags"> <h4>Tags:</h4> <ul class="horizontal"> <li><a href="/titles/tags/1930s/">1930s</a></li> <li><a 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Video Overview Dad and Dave Come to Town (1938) on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online