General Post

General Post
Directed by Thomas Bentley
Written by J. E. Harold Terry (play)
Eliot Stannard
Starring Douglas Munro
Robert Henderson Bland
Lilian Braithwaite
Joyce Dearsley
Production
company
Distributed by Ideal Film Company
Release date
1920
Country United Kingdom
Language English

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]

Plot

During the First World War a small-town tailor rises to become a General.

Cast

  • 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

  1. "BFI | Film & TV Database | GENERAL POST #1920#". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 2009-04-16. Retrieved 2011-10-27.
  2. Terry, J. E. Harold (1918). General Post (2nd ed.). London: Methuen & Co. p. 8. Retrieved 2017-03-30 via archive.org.
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