Ray Longford, ca. 1935. Image from Wikipedia, adapted from the National Film and Sound Archive.
Raymond LongfordRaymond Longfordi(A61780 works by)(birth name: Raymond John Walter HollisLongford)
(a.k.a.
Raymond Hollis Longford)
Born:Established:23 Sep 1878Hawthorn,Camberwell - Kew area,Melbourne - Inner South,Melbourne,Victoria,;Died:Ceased:2 Apr 1959Sydney,New South Wales,
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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.