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
- ^ “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
- General Post at IMDb
- General Post at BFI Player, British Film Institute