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.
| The Heroine of Mons | |
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| Directed by | Wilfred Noy |
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| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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Cast edit
- Dorothy Bellew as The Girl
- Leslie Howard
- Bert Wynne
References edit
- ^ Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor. London: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers, 2010. ISBN 978-0-85303-941-9.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Cochrane p.97
Bibliography edit
- Cochrane, Claire. Twentieth-Century British Theatre: Industry, Art and Empire. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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