1921 film

General Post

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Key Facts

Subject	General Post
Category	1921 film
Reading time	1 min · Beginner
Key date	1920

People Mentioned

TThomas Bentley DDouglas Munro LLilian Braithwaite JJoyce Dearsley HHarold Terry LLillian Braithwaite

General Post is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Douglas Munro, Lilian Braithwaite and Joyce Dearsley. 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.

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

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