NFSA Restores: The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
1919
NFSA Restores: The Sentimental Bloke (1919)
1919
- NFSA ID589RF41D
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormFeature Film
- Duration1 hr, 8 mins, 31 secs
- GenresSilent film
- Year1919
One of Australia’s greatest silent films celebrates its 100th anniversary with a new digital restoration by the NFSA.
Based on the verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by CJ Dennis, this is a tale of romance, jealousy, temptation and redemption.
It tells the story of Bill ‘The Kid’ (Arthur Tauchert), a larrikin who cleans up his act when the beautiful Doreen (Lottie Lyell) enters his life.
Directed by legendary filmmaker Raymond Longford, The Sentimental Bloke is set in the then-rough streets of Woolloomooloo and the beaches of Manly, offering contemporary audiences a rare glimpse of Sydney 100 years ago.
A huge box-office hit at the time, The Sentimental Bloke is one of few silent-era Australian films to have survived in its entirety.
NFSA Restores: The Sentimental Bloke premieres at Sydney OpenAir Cinema on 15 February 2020, accompanied by a new musical score composed by ARIA Award-winning musician Paul Mac, who will also perform it on the night.
View more clips from this film on our NFSA Online YouTube channel
One of Australia’s greatest silent films celebrates its 100th anniversary with a new digital restoration by the NFSA.
Based on the verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke by CJ Dennis, this is a tale of romance, jealousy, temptation and redemption.
It tells the story of Bill ‘The Kid’ (Arthur Tauchert), a larrikin who cleans up his act when the beautiful Doreen (Lottie Lyell) enters his life.
Directed by legendary filmmaker Raymond Longford, The Sentimental Bloke is set in the then-rough streets of Woolloomooloo and the beaches of Manly, offering contemporary audiences a rare glimpse of Sydney 100 years ago.
A huge box-office hit at the time, The Sentimental Bloke is one of few silent-era Australian films to have survived in its entirety.
NFSA Restores: The Sentimental Bloke premieres at Sydney OpenAir Cinema on 15 February 2020, accompanied by a new musical score composed by ARIA Award-winning musician Paul Mac, who will also perform it on the night.
View more clips from this film on our NFSA Online YouTube channel
- NFSA ID589RF41D
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormFeature Film
- Duration1 hr, 8 mins, 31 secs
- GenresSilent film
- Year1919
- ProducerRaymond LongfordDirectorRaymond LongfordScriptwritersLottie Lyell, Raymond LongfordAuthorC.J. DennisCastArthur Tauchert, Lottie Lyell, Gilbert Emery, William Coulter, Helen Fergus, Margaret Reid, Stanley Robinson, Harry Young, Charles Keegan
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