The Sentimental Bloke is routinely cited as the greatest Australian silent film and broke national box-office records at its October 1919 Melbourne Town Hall premiere. It's based on C.J. Dennis's 1915 verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, written entirely in broad Australian larrikin slang that the film's intertitles preserve straight from the poem. Co-star Lottie Lyell, who plays the sweetheart Doreen, also co-wrote and edited the film, and is now recognized as one of early Australian cinema's most significant behind-the-camera figures rather than just its leading lady.The Sentimental Bloke is routinely cited as the greatest Australian silent film and broke national box-office records at its October 1919 Melbourne Town Hall premiere. It's based on C.J. Dennis's 1915 verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, written entirely in broad Australian larrikin slang that the film's intertitles preserve straight from the poem. Co-star Lottie Lyell, who plays the sweetheart Doreen, also co-wrote and edited the film, and is now recognized as one of early Australian cinema's most significant behind-the-camera figures rather than just its leading lady.
The Sentimental Bloke is routinely cited as the greatest Australian silent film and broke national box-office records at its October 1919 Melbourne Town Hall premiere. It's based on C.J. Dennis's 1915 verse novel The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, written entirely in broad Australian larrikin slang that the film's intertitles preserve straight from the poem. Co-star Lottie Lyell, who plays the sweetheart Doreen, also co-wrote and edited the film, and is now recognized as one of early Australian cinema's most significant behind-the-camera figures rather than just its leading lady.