''Reveille'' is a 1924 British silent

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directed by George Pearson. It follows some British soldiers during and after the

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, though Pearson wrote in a January 1924 letter to his cast and crew:

There is no story, as such. I hate the well-made Story with its Exposition, Denouement, Crisis, etc., as material for my elusive Screen. I confess I cannot write one.

As of August 2010, the film is missing from the

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, and is listed as one of the

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's " 75 Most Wanted" lost films, though at least some sequences survive in private hands. It is sometimes confused with the 1925 German film '' Reveille: The Great Awakening''.

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Betty Balfour Betty Balfour (born Florence Lilian Woods; 27 March 1902 – 4 November 1977) was an English screen actress, popular during the silent era, and known as the "British Mary Pickford" and "Britain's Queen of Happiness". She was best known to aud ...

as Mick *

Stewart Rome Stewart Rome (born Septimus William Ryott; 30 January 1886 – 26 February 1965) was an English actor who appeared in more than 150 films between 1913 and 1950. He was born in Newbury, Berkshire in 1886 and took the stage name of Stewart Rome ...

as Nutty *

Ralph Forbes Ralph Forbes (born Ralph Forbes Taylor; 30 September 1904 – 31 March 1951) was an English film and stage actor active in Britain and the United States. Early life Forbes was born in Wandsworth, London, the son of Ernest John "E.J." and Ethe ...

as The Kid *

Sydney Fairbrother Sydney Fairbrother (31 July 1872 – 4 January 1941) was a British actress. Born Sydney Tapping on 31 July 1872 in London to actor/playwright Alfred B. Tapping and actress Florence Cowell, she was educated at Blackpool and Bonn. She made her sta ...

as Sophie Fitch * Frank Stanmore as Whelks *

Henrietta Watson Henrietta Watson (11 March 187329 September 1964) was a Scottish actress. She was born in Dundee, Scotland, on 11 March 1873, into a theatrical family. Her maternal grandfather was actor J.B. Johnston, whom Edmund Yates considered to be “the m ...

as The Mother * Guy Phillips as Fred *

Walter Tennyson Walter Tennyson (1899-1980) was a British actor and film director of the silent and early sound era. Selected filmography Actor * ''The Call of the East'' (1922) * '' The Virgin Queen'' (1923) * ''Women and Diamonds'' (1924) * ''Reveille'' (1924 ...

as Captain * Charles Ashton as Sam * Donald Searle as Ted * Buena Bent as Amelia Fitch *

Simeon Stuart Simeon Stuart (15 May 1864 – 25 November 1939) was a British film actor of the silent era. Selected filmography * '' Snow in the Desert'' (1919) * '' The Lady Clare'' (1919) * '' The Face at the Window'' (1920) * ''Inheritance'' (1920) * '' ...

as Colonel

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BFI 75 Most Wanted entry
with extensive notes * 1924 films 1924 drama films British drama films British silent feature films British black-and-white films Films directed by George Pearson Lost British films British World War I films 1924 lost films Lost drama films 1920s British films Silent drama films {{WWI-film-stub

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