The Rising Generation

The Rising Generation
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Directed by	George Dewhurst Harley Knoles
Written by	Dion Titheradge
Starring	Alice Joyce Jameson Thomas Robin Irvine William Freshman
Edited by	George Dewhurst
Production company	Westminster Films
Distributed by	Williams and Pritchard Films
Release date	September 1928 (1928-09)
Running time	7,000 feet [1]
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Rising Generation is a lost 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harley Knoles and George Dewhurst and starring Alice Joyce, Jameson Thomas and Robin Irvine. ^[2] It was based on a play by Laura Leycester. The screenplay concerns a couple who masquerade as servants.

Cast

• Alice Joyce as Mrs Kent
• Jameson Thomas as Major Kent
• Robin Irvine as George Breese
• William Freshman as Robert Kent
• Joan Barry as Peggy Kent
• Betty Nuthall as School Friend
• Gerald Ames as John Parmoor
• Gerald Rawlinson as Augustus
• Pamela Deane as Friend
• Eric Findon as Friend
• Eugenie Prescott as Maid
• Clare Greet as Cook
• Nervo and Knox as Themselves

Preservation status

• This film is now lost. ^[3]

References

1. Low p.436
2. BFI.org
3. The Rising Generation at The Alice Joyce website; by Greta deGroat;Stanford University professor

External links

• The Rising Generation at IMDb