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根据澳大利亚早期著名诗人C.J.Dennis的《SongsofaSentimentalBloke》改编，是澳国百年影史的最佳默片。网上有片段可在线观看：<ahref=&quot;https://www.douban.com/link2/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdl.filmaust.com.au%2Fmodule%2F1187%2F&link2key=ff3a505ae6&quot;target=&quot;_blank&quot;rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;>http://dl.filmaust.c<wbr/>om.au/module/1187/</a><br/>　　THESENTIMENTALBLOKEisregardedbymanyasthegreatestsilentfilmthatAustraliahasproduced.<br/>　　TheSentimentalBloke(1919)isanAustraliansilentfilmbasedonthe1915AustralianpoemTheSongsofaSentimentalBlokebyC.J.Dennis.<br/>　　ThefilmfromtheSouthernCrossFeatureFilmCompanyofAdelaide,wasmadebyRaymondLongfordandLottieLyell,atthetimebestknownpartnershipinAustraliancinema,starringLyellandavaudevillecomedian,ArthurTauchert,andfilmedmainlyintheinnercitySydneysuburbofWoolloomooloo.<br/>　　Tauchertplaysthe'sentimentalbloke',aSydneylarrikin,whovowstoabandonhislifeofgambling(playingTwo-up)anddrinkingwhenhefallsinlovewithDoreen(Lyell),whoworksinapicklefactory.<br/>　　Lyellisthoughttohaveco-authoredthescreenplay,writtenthetitles,editedthefilmandhelpedwiththedirection.<br/>　　TheSentimentalBlokeusesintertitlestakenfromtheoriginalpoemwritteninAustralianslangandwasahitwhenitopenedinMelbourneTownHallonOctober41919,breakingallexistingboxofficerecords.ItwasalsopopularinBritainandNewZealand,butdidnotsucceedintheU.S.,wheretestaudiencesfailedtounderstandthelanguage.DespitebeingrecutwithAmericanisedintertitles,havingsomescenescutout,andrenamedfortheAmericanmarketasTheStoryofaToughGuy,itwaswithdrawnfromdistribution.<br/>　　Thefilmwasrediscoveredinthe1950sandanewprintscreenedattheSydneyFilmFestivalin1955,andLongfordwasfoundtobeworkingasanightwatchmanontheSydneywharfs,(Lyellhaddiedin1925oftuberculosis).<br/>　　SincethentheoriginalnegativesenttotheU.S.wasdiscovered(labelledasTheSentimentalBlonde)attheFilmArchiveatGeorgeEastmanHouseInternationalMuseumofPhotographyandFilminRochester,NewYork,foundtobeadifferentversionandofabetterqualityprintthananyoftheAustraliancopies.Thenewversionpremieredatthe2004SydneyFilmFestivalandhasplayedatthe2005LondonFilmFestival.