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form y separately published work icon Caddie single work   film/TV  
Adaptation of Caddie: A Sydney Barmaid : An Autobiography Written by Herself Catherine Elliot-Mackay , 1953 single work autobiography
Issue Details: First known date: 1976... 1976 Caddie
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Based on the autobiography of a woman (otherwise unidentified in the text) who worked as a housekeeper for the writers Dymphna Cusack and Florence James, Caddie is set in Sydney between the mid-1920s and the early 1930s. The narrative concerns a respectable woman from the suburbs who walks out on her unfaithful husband. With no money and two children to feed, she takes a job as a barmaid. Having never been in a pub in her life, Caddie is confronted with the horrors of the 'six o'clock swill', as desperate men cling to the bar, vomiting and urinating where they stand, rather than lose their place. She eventually learns the trade with help from fellow barmaid Josie (Jacki Weaver), while learning also about the people and lifestyles of those who inhabit the inner-city districts. Following a brief and disastrous affair with Ted, an SP bookmaker, she falls in love with Peter, a charming and sophisticated Greek immigrant, who is also still married. When Peter is called back to Greece as the effects of the Depression increase, he promises to return as soon as he can. Caddie, in the meantime, finds herself alone, without a job or the money to feed her children.

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The Making of Caddie : Memoirs of a Sydney Barmaid Geoff Stanton , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 20 July 2017;
y separately published work icon 'Caddie' Raoul Willison , 2003 Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 2003 Z1609672 2003 single work criticism Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Caddie (1976). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis
form y separately published work icon Tony Buckley Bryon Quigley (interviewer), Sydney : Australian Film and Television School , 1979 Z1583157 1979 single work film/TV Australian film producer, director, and editor Tony Buckley is interviewed by Bryon Quigley. Among the films discussed are The Night the Prowler, Picture Show Man, Caddie, and The Irishman.
The Making of Caddie Patrick Cordier (interviewer), 1976 single work interview
— Appears in: Artlook , June vol. 2 no. 5 1976; (p. 16-17)
The Making of Caddie Patrick Cordier (interviewer), 1976 single work interview
— Appears in: Artlook , June vol. 2 no. 5 1976; (p. 16-17)
form y separately published work icon Tony Buckley Bryon Quigley (interviewer), Sydney : Australian Film and Television School , 1979 Z1583157 1979 single work film/TV Australian film producer, director, and editor Tony Buckley is interviewed by Bryon Quigley. Among the films discussed are The Night the Prowler, Picture Show Man, Caddie, and The Irishman.
y separately published work icon 'Caddie' Raoul Willison , 2003 Perth : Centre for Research in Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) , 2003 Z1609672 2003 single work criticism Research undertaken by a student of the Centre for Culture and Communication (Murdoch University) into Caddie (1976). Includes aspects relating to the production phase, critical reception, principal performers and production crew, references and a synopsis
The Making of Caddie : Memoirs of a Sydney Barmaid Geoff Stanton , 2017 single work essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 20 July 2017;
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