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Illustrated header from the advertisement in The Brisbane Courier, 20 December 1919, p.2 (via Trove Australia)
form y separately published work icon The Sentimental Bloke single work   film/TV   humour  
Adaptation of The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke C. J. Dennis , 1915 selected work poetry
Issue Details: First known date: 1919... 1919 The Sentimental Bloke
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Units Teaching this Work

Text Unit Name Institution Year
form y separately published work icon The Sentimental Bloke Raymond Longford , Lottie Lyell , ( dir. Raymond Longford ) Adelaide : Southern Cross Feature Film Company , 1919 Z1046199 1919 single work film/TV humour (taught in 1 units)

Adapted by Raymond Longford and Lottie Lyell from C. J. Dennis's collection of poems (The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke), the story concerns Bill ('the bloke'), a Sydney larrikin who vows to abandon his life of gambling and drinking when he falls in love with Doreen (who works in a pickle factory). His reformation comes about after he has been released from gaol, having been convicted of assaulting a policeman ('stoushing a John') during a raid on a two-up game.

Upfront: History of Film in Australia University of the Sunshine Coast 2015 (Semester 1)
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