General Post
Directed byThomas Bentley
Written byEliot Stannard
Based onGeneral Post (play)
by J. E. Harold Terry
Starring
Production
company
Distributed byIdeal Film Company
Release date
1920
CountryUnited Kingdom
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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

References

  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.

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Films directed by Thomas Bentley
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