General Post Explained

General Post
Director:	Thomas Bentley
Studio:	Ideal Film Company
Distributor:	Ideal Film Company
Country:	United Kingdom

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

External links

• • General Post at BFI Player, British Film Institute

Notes and References

1. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | GENERAL POST #1920# . https://web.archive.org/web/20090205172354/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/68837 . dead . 2009-02-05 . Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk . 2009-04-16 . 2011-10-27.
2. Book: Terry, J. E. Harold . General Post . 2nd . 1918 . Methuen & Co . London . 8 . archive.org . 2017-03-30.