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Adaptations
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form
y
Ginger Mick
( dir. Raymond Longford
)
Australia
:
Southern Cross Feature Film Company
,
1920
7574648
1920
single work
film/TV
'[T]he truth, the pathos, and the humor of C. J. Dennis' great poems "The Moods of Ginger Mick" and "Doreen" are presented just as the author imagined it. The story of "Ginger Mick" is told in six reels, and follows the fortunes of "Ginger Mick" through his everyday life, his career as a soldier, and his final glorious ending on Gallipoli. The "Bloke" and "Doreen" also figure largely in the picture'.
Source:
'The Story of "Ginger Mick"', Western Champion, 10 June 1920, p.11.
Notes
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Adapted for the 1920 film Ginger Mick directed by Raymond Longford. No copies of this film have survived.
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Dennis had intended to include the poem 'The Battle of Wazzir' in the 1916 edition, however it was removed at the insistence of the censor.
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Sydney,
New South Wales,:Angus and Robertson
, 1916 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Introductioni"Jist to intrajuice me cobber, an' 'is name is Ginger Mick-", single work poetry (p. ix-xii)
- Duck an' Fowli"Now when a bloke 'e cracks a bloke fer insults to a skirt,", single work poetry humour (p. 15-19)
- Wari"'E sez to me, "Wot's orl this flamin' War?", single work poetry humour (p. 23-26)
- The Call of Stoush "Wot price ole Ginger Mick? 'E's done a break" 'Ginger Mick'i"Remember Ginger Mick? 'E's done a break -", single work poetry humour (p. 31-35)
- The Pushi"Becos a crook done in a prince, an' narked an Emperor,", single work poetry humour (p. 39-47)
- "So, they've struck their streak o' trouble, an' they got it in the neck" Sari Bairi"On the day we hit the transport there was cheerin' on the pier,", single work poetry (p. 51-56)
- Ginger's Cobberi""'E wears perjarmer soots an' cleans 'is teeth,"", single work poetry humour war literature (p. 59-65)
- The Singing Soldiersi""When I'm sittin' in me dug-out wiv me rifle on me knees,", single work poetry (p. 69-75)
- In Spadger's Lanei"Ole Mother Moon 'oo yanks 'er beamin' dile", single work poetry humour (p. 79-83)
- The Straight Griffin Ginger Mick's Straight Griffeni""'Eroes? Orright. You 'ave it 'ow yeh like.", single work poetry humour (p. 87-91)
- "I'ave written Mick a letter in reply to one uv 'is," A Letter to the Fronti"I suppose you sometimes dream, BILL, in between the scraps out there,", single work poetry (p. 95-102)
- Rabbitsi""Ar! Gimme fights wiv foeman I kin see,", single work poetry humour (p. 103-110)
- To the Boys Who Took the Counti"See, I'm writing to Mick as a bloke to a bloke,", single work poetry (p. 113-117)
- The Gamei""Ho! the sky's as blue as blazes an' the sun is shinin' bright,", single work poetry (p. 121-126)
- A Gallant Gentlemani"A month ago the world grew fer me;", single work poetry (p. 129-135)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Desert Worlds
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 79 no. 1 2019; (p. 84-105) 'In late 1914, twenty thousand mostly young Australian men ventured forth from the driest inhabited continent on earth to cross the ocean in a convoy spread over twenty-five kilometres in length and measuring twenty kilometres in width. The greatest mass exodus from the Antipodes which included a further ten thousand New Zealanders, this was the first and largest of many similar voyages over the next four years. The Australians might have considered themselves to be desert people. “The sand has his own / Wave and motion,” wrote S. Musgrove in “Australia Deserta” in the first issue of Southerly in 1939, “Rages the bed / Of the stony ocean” (14). Yet they preferred to identify as colonial sons returning to the motherland of pastoral England before heading to war. Of their own place, “They call her a young country but they lie,” wrote A. D. Hope in his much debated poem “Australia” which he began writing around the time of the publication of the inaugural issue—and to which he contributed an essay—“She is the last of lands, the emptiest, / ... the womb within is dry” (Hope).'(Introduction)
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A West End Celebrity Proselytises the Bonds of Empire : Seymour Hicks and Bruce Bairnsfather's 'Old Bill' in 1920s Australia
2019
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , May no. 74 2019; (p. 64-97) 'In 1924 the prominent and influential British West End actor-writer-producer Seymour Hicks and his wife Ellaline Terriss toured in Australia in their hits The Man in Dress Clothes and Broadway Jones. More significantly, Hicks undertook the dual roles of actor and imperial advocate for class reconciliation in the context of Australia's post-war industrial unrest. As such, he is neither the first nor last British actor to combine theatrical popularity with cultural diplomacy. His most significant Australian production is the comedy-drama 'Old Bill, MP' (premiered London 1922), based on the graphic artist Bruce Bairnsfather's popular wartime figure of the stoic infantry-man. I compare 'Old Bill, MP' with the stage and screen hits featuring similar Australian military figures of working-class resilience and leadership: C.J. Dennis's Ginger Mick and Ken Hall's 1940 film of Steele Rudd's Dad Rudd, MP.'(Publication abstract)
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Writing the Anzac Legend : The Moods of Ginger Mick
2016
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 75 no. 3 2016; (p. 49-62) 'When C. J. Dennis's The Moods of Ginger Mick was launched in October 1916, one reader expressed anger about the ending. Writing facetiously on behalf of Melbourne's larrikins, this contributor to the Bulletin called it a 'rotten pome' and said - in a blunt piece of literary criticism - that he would like to punch the poet in the jaw. Actually, Dennis had thought very hard about how to finish his book, and there is no question that he found the most fitting ending, both for his own time and for later generations.' (Introduction, 49) -
Dreaming Verse : C.J. Dennis and the Anzac Tradition
2014
single work
essay
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 74 no. 3 2014; (p. 158-180) -
'An Entertaining Young Genius' : C.J. Dennis and Adelaide
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Adelaide : A Literary City 2014; (p. 77-93)
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Untitled
1916
single work
review
— Appears in: The Queenslander , 4 November 1916; (p. 3)
— Review of The Moods of Ginger Mick 1916 selected work poetry -
Untitled
1916
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 19 October vol. 37 no. 1914 1916; (p. 2)
— Review of The Moods of Ginger Mick 1916 selected work poetry -
Ginger Mick
1916
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Town and Country Journal , 25 October 1916; (p. 50)
— Review of The Moods of Ginger Mick 1916 selected work poetry -
Poetry in Motion
2006
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 23 May 2006; (p. 14) -
The Australian Larrikin: C. J. Dennis's [Un]sentimental Bloke
2007
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 21 no. 2 2007; (p. 177-183) The author examines the nature of the Australian Larrikin, with its apparent inherent violence, against the background of the race riots which occurred in Cronulla, NSW in December 2005. -
We Will Remember Them
1982
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Talking About C.J. Dennis 1982; (p. 71-76) -
Selected Works of C. J. Dennis : Introduction
1988
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: Selected Works of C. J. Dennis 1988; (p. 1-17) Watts gives a substantial account of Dennis's life and work. Watts describes the success and failures of Dennis's verse, paying particular attention to the publishing strategies of George Robertson. The ever-changing tastes of the book-buying public played a significant part in the success and failures of Dennis's books and the poet's poor financial management ensured that he could afford to concentrate solely on his verse for only a short period of his life. -
The Anzac Tradition
1965
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Meanjin Quarterly , March vol. 24 no. 1 1965; (p. 25-44) On Native Grounds : Australian Writing from Meanjin Quarterly 1967; (p. 205-221)
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