1928 film
The Rising Generation | |
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Argentine poster | |
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 |
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Running time | 7,000 feet |
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. 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.
References
- Low p.436
- BFI.org
- The Rising Generation at The Alice Joyce website; by Greta deGroat;Stanford University professor
External links
The films of George Dewhurst | |
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The films of Harley Knoles | |
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- British films based on plays
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- 1920s English-language films
- Films directed by George Dewhurst
- Films directed by Harley Knoles
- Films shot at Twickenham Film Studios
- Lost British comedy films
- 1928 lost films
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