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The Sentimental Bloke

For other uses, see The Sentimental Bloke (disambiguation).

The Sentimental Bloke
Arthur Tauchert, in The Sentimental Bloke
Directed byRaymond Longford
Written byLottie Lyell[3]
Based onThe Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C. J. Dennis
Produced byRaymond Longford
StarringArthur Tauchert
Lottie Lyell
Gilbert Emery
CinematographyArthur Higgins[4]
Production
company
Distributed byE. J. Carroll
Release dates
  • 26 November 1918 (1918-11-26) (Adelaide)[1]
  • 4 November 1919 (1919-11-04)[2]
Running time
106 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles
Budget£2,000[5]
Box officeover £33,000[6]

The Sentimental Bloke is a 1918 Australian silent film based on the 1915 verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by C. J. Dennis. Produced and directed by Raymond Longford, the film stars Arthur Tauchert, Gilbert Emery, and Lottie Lyell, who also co-wrote the film with Longford.

A major critical and commercial success upon its release in Australia, the film was also popular in New Zealand and Great Britain, and is generally considered the greatest Australian silent film, and one of the best Australian movies of all time.[7] The film inspired a sequel, Ginger Mick (1920), and a 1932 remake. In 2004, the National Film and Sound Archive released a fully restored version of The Sentimental Bloke, making it one of the few Australian silent films to survive intact.

  1. ^ ""THE SENTIMENTAL BLOKE."". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 November 1918. p. 9. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  2. ^ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference fee was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "PRODUCTION OF MOVING PICTURES-- IN AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA". Australian Town and Country Journal. Vol. XCVIII, no. 2555. New South Wales, Australia. 18 December 1918. p. 20. Retrieved 21 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "£100,000 SPENT." The Advocate (Burnie, Tas) 5 January 1928: 6, retrieved 6 December 2011
  6. ^ "Advertising". Smith's Weekly. Vol. IV, no. 22. New South Wales, Australia. 22 July 1922. p. 23. Retrieved 24 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ Paul Byrnes, 'The Sentimental Bloke', Australian Screenonline. Retrieved 24 July 2012
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