Dad and Dave Come to Town
Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the Dad and Dave comedy series starring Bert Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch.
Dad receives news that his brother, Alfred, whom he has not seen foryears, has died and left Dad a house in the city, Bellavista, along with a shop that sells womens clothes called Cecilles. Dad moves to the city with Dave, Mum and daughter Jill. He discovers that the store is struggling, and is unaware that the stores manager, Rawlins, is secretly in league with a rival shop owner, Pierre, who wants to take over Cecilles.Dad puts Jill in charge and she starts rejuvenating the store, impressing the effeminate floorwalker, Entwistle. She discovers Rawlins treachery and forces him to resign, replacing him with Entwistle as manager. She hires a young press agent, Jim Bradley, who used to work for Pierre, to promote the store. Jill and Jim begin a romance. Dave falls for a store model called Myrtle and Mum is hounded out of the kitchen at Bellavista by the housekeeper, Miss Quince. Jill and Jim want to renovate Cecilles and put on a giant fashion show. Dad agrees and borrows money against his farm to finance it. ........
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