The Dinkum Bloke

The Dinkum Bloke is a 1923 Australian silent film directed by Raymond Longford. Despite the title and the presence of Arthur Tauchert and Lottie Lyell in the cast, the film is not a direct sequel to The Sentimental Bloke 1919 or Ginger Mick 1920.

Bill Garvin Arthur Tauchert, a labourer on the Woolloomooloo wharf, is happily married to Nell Lottie Lyell and they have a little daughter, Peggy Beryl Gow. When Bill breaks his leg, Nell has to go to work. She is a success, saving up money for her daughter, but falls ill after an operation and dies, making Bill promise that he will bring up Peggy a lady.Bill puts his daughter in a convent school and sets about earning as much money for her as he can to pay the school fees, becoming a street singer in partnership with a musician who plays on street corners. Peggy grows up to be played by Lotus Thompson and stays with a wealthy school friend, Joy Gilder, at her family station in Queensland over the holidays. She falls in love with Joys brother Geoffrey Gilden Cecil B Scott and they agree to be married. ........

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