The Heroine of Mons

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 (1914-10)
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

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

References

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

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

External links

• The Heroine of Mons at IMDb