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1 36 form y separately published work icon The Sentimental Bloke Raymond Longford , Lottie Lyell , ( dir. Raymond Longford ) Canberra : ScreenSound Australia Australian Film Council , 2004 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.

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