General Post

1921 film

General Post

Directed by| Thomas Bentley
Written by| Eliot Stannard
Based on| General Post (play)
by J. E. Harold Terry
Starring|

* Douglas Munro
* Robert Henderson Bland
* Lilian Braithwaite
* Joyce Dearsley

Production
company

Ideal Film Company

Distributed by| Ideal Film Company

Release date

* 1920 (1920)

Country| United Kingdom
Languages|

* Silent
* English intertitles

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

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

## Cast

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* 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

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1. ^ "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.
2. ^ Terry, J. E. Harold (1918). General Post (2nd ed.). London: Methuen & Co. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2017 – via archive.org.

## External links

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* General Post at IMDb
* General Post at BFI Player, British Film Institute

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* Sleepless Nights (1933)
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