The Heroine of Mons

1914 British film

The Heroine of Mons

Directed by| Wilfred Noy
Starring|

* Dorothy Bellew
* Leslie Howard
* Bert Wynne

Production
company

Clarendon Films

Distributed by| Gaumont British Distributors

Release date

| October 1914
Country| United Kingdom
Languages|

* Silent
* English intertitles

The Heroine of Mons is a 1914 British silent war film directed by Wilfred Noy (the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard[1]) and starring Dorothy Bellew, Leslie Howard[2] and Bert Wynne. The film marked the screen debut of Howard, who went on to be leading star of British and Hollywood cinema.[3] The film was made during the opening weeks of the First World War, and refers to the Battle of Mons.

## Cast[edit]

* Dorothy Bellew as The Girl
* Leslie Howard
* Bert Wynne

## References[edit]

1. ^ Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor. London: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-0-85303-941-9.
2. ^ Estel Eforgan states in her book, Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor, that Howard's uncle managed to wrangle Howard into a crowd scene, this before Howard joined the military.
3. ^ Cochrane p.97

## Bibliography[edit]

* Cochrane, Claire. Twentieth-Century British Theatre: Industry, Art and Empire. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

## External links[edit]

* The Heroine of Mons at IMDb

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The films of Wilfred Noy

* Lorna Doone (1912)
* King Charles (1913)
* The Heroine of Mons (1914)
* Old St. Paul's (1914)
* The Master of Merripit (1915)
* The Verdict of the Heart (1915)
* Under the Red Robe (1915)
* A Princess of the Blood (1916)
* The Queen Mother (1916)
* The Little Breadwinner (1916)
* It's Always the Woman (1916)
* The Little Damozel (1916)
* On the Banks of Allan Water (1916)
* The Lost Chord (1917)
* Home Sweet Home (1917)
* Asthore (1917)
* A Master of Men (1918)
* Ave Maria (1918)
* What Would a Gentleman Do? (1918)
* Spinner o' Dreams (1918)
* As He Was Born (1919)
* The Lady Clare (1919)
* Castle of Dreams (1919)
* The Face at the Window (1920)
* Inheritance (1920)
* The Marriage Lines (1921)
* Rogues of the Turf (1923)
* The Temptation of Carlton Earle (1923)
* Little Miss Nobody (1923)
* The Lost Chord (1925)
* The Midnight Girl (1925)
* The Substitute Wife (1925)
* Spider Webs (1927)
* Eager Lips (1927)
* The Devil's Cage (1928)
* Circumstantial Evidence (1929)
* Father O'Flynn (1935)
* Well Done, Henry (1936)
* Melody of My Heart (1936)

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