Ginger Mick
| Ginger Mick | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Raymond Longford |
| Produced by | E. J. Carroll |
| Written by |
Raymond Longford Lottie Lyell |
| Based on | The Moods of Ginger Mick and Doreen by C. J. Dennis |
| Starring | Gilbert Emery |
| Cinematography | Arthur Higgins |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | E. J. & Dan Carroll (Australia) |
Release dates | 2 February 1920[1][2] |
Running time | 5,500 feet[3] |
| Country | Australia |
| Language |
Silent film English intertitles |
Ginger Mick is a 1920 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford based on The Moods of Ginger Mick by C. J. Dennis, which had sold over 70,000 copies.[4] It is a sequel to The Sentimental Bloke (1919) and is considered a lost film.
Plot
The adventures of Ginger Mick (Gilbert Emery) take him from slums and backyards to lock-ups and racecourses. He romances Rose, works as a rabbitoh and enlists to fight in World War I. He writes letters back to his old friend, the Bloke (Arthur Tauchert) now married to Doreen (Lottie Lyell) with a young son, Bill. Mick makes friends with a fellow soldier, Keith, and is eventually killed at Gallipoli on the hills of Sari Bair.[5]
Cast
- Gilbert Emery as Ginger Mick
- Arthur Tauchert as the Bloke
- Lottie Lyell as Doreen
- Queenie Cross
- Jack Tauchert as Bill
Production
E. J. Carroll wanted a sequel to The Sentimental Bloke so Longford came up with the idea of combining two poems by C. J. Dennis, The Moods of Ginger Mick and Doreen.[6]
Release
The film was popular at the box office and generally well reviewed. It was released in Britain.[7]
The critic to the Sydney Morning Herald said that:
The selection of types, incidents and environment... has been highly intelligent; so that one gets not only a complete idea of the author's story, but apt material presentments of the sort of people of whom Mr. Dennis writes, besides glimpses of the rough haunts and byways where the "fraternity" flourish. Mr. Gilbert W. Emery, who is cast as "Ginger Mick", has quite obviously made a painstaking study of his part, and has succeeded in embodying as many of the bizarre indigenous elements peculiar to that uncommon Australian city type."[8]
Table Talk called the film:
A triumph in the art of natural production, and promises to make an even greater appeal to picture-goers than its famous predecessor. Apart from the natural acting of Gilbert Warren-Emery... there are several unrehearsed incidents in the film, one being a "dinkum scrap" between two kiddies who were striving for front places during the taking of a street scene. The "Bloke" and "Doreen" figure largely in the film, and Arthur Tauchert and Lottie Lyell are as big a hit as ever in these parts.[9]
References
- ↑ ""The Sentimental Bloke.".". The Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 2 February 1920. p. 9. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "Classified Advertising.". The Argus. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 30 January 1920. p. 11. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ "Raymond Longford", Cinema Papers, January 1974 p51
- ↑ "The Sentimental Bloke.".". The Advertiser. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 10 April 1918. p. 7. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ "New Lyceum.—"Ginger Mick.".". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 8 March 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "In The Thetares.". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 27 March 1920. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "Music and Drama.". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1921. p. 7. Retrieved 24 July 2012.
- ↑ "New Lyceum.—"Ginger Mick.".". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 8 March 1920. p. 5. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ↑ "The Story of Ginger Mick.". Table Talk. Melbourne: National Library of Australia. 29 January 1920. p. 25. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
External links
- Ginger Mick at the Internet Movie Database
- Ginger Mick at National Film and Sound Archive
- Ginger Mick at Silent Era
- Complete text of The Moods of Ginger Mick