General Post

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

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

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

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