General Post is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Douglas Munro, Lilian Braithwaite and Joyce Dearsley.[1] It was based on the play General Post by J. E. Harold Terry in which Lillian Braithwaite had appeared when it premiered at the Haymarket Theatre in March 1917.[2]
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| Directed by | Thomas Bentley |
| Written by | Eliot Stannard |
| Based on | General Post (play) by J. E. Harold Terry |
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| Distributed by | Ideal Film Company |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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Plot
editDuring the First World War a small-town tailor rises to become a General.
Cast
edit- Douglas Munro...Albert Smith
- Lilian Braithwaite...Lady Broughton
- Joyce Dearsley...Betty Broughton
- Robert Henderson Bland...Edward Smith
- Dawson Millward...Denys Broughton
- Colstan Mansell...Alec Broughton
- Teddy Arundell...Jobson
- Sara de Groot...Miss Prendergast
- Adelaide Grace...Lady Wareing
- Thomas Canning...Lord Wareing
- Irene Drew...Mary Wareing
References
edit- ^ "BFI | Film & TV Database | GENERAL POST #1920#". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 16 April 2009. Archived from the original on 5 February 2009. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
- ^ Terry, J. E. Harold (1918). General Post (2nd ed.). London: Methuen & Co. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via archive.org.
External links
edit- General Post at IMDb
- General Post at BFI Player, British Film Institute
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