''The Flag Lieutenant'' is a 1926 British
war film
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about navy, naval, air force, air, or army, land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle s ...
directed by
Maurice Elvey
Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was one of the most prolific film directors in British history. He directed nearly 200 films between 1913 and 1957. During the silent film era he directed as many as twenty films per year. He a ...
and starring
Henry Edwards,
Lilian Oldland and
Dorothy Seacombe. It is based on the play ''The Flag Lieutenant'' by
W.P. Drury. Its sets were designed by the
art director Andrew Mazzei
Andrew Mazzei (1887–1975) was a French-born British art director who designed the sets for more than sixty films during his career. Mazzei began his career in the late 1920s during the silent era including on the futuristic ''High Treason''. ...
. The film proved to be one of the hits of the year at the British box office.
[Richards p.39]
Sequels
In 1927 Edwards starred in a sequel ''
The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant
''The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant'' is a 1927 British silent action film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Henry Edwards, Isabel Jeans and Lilian Oldland.
Production
The film was made at Twickenham Studios by the German-b ...
''. The play was
adapted into a film again in 1932, also starring Edwards.
Cast
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Henry Edwards as Dicky Lascelles
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Lilian Oldland as Sybil Wynne
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Dorothy Seacombe as Mrs Cameron
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as Major Thesiger
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Fewlass Llewellyn
Fewlass Llewellyn (5 March 1886 – 16 June 1941) was a Welsh actor, playwright and theatrical producer. Previously an engineer, he made his stage debut in 1890, and appeared in various film roles, often as authority figures. A play he co-wrote ...
as Admiral Wynne
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Hayford Hobbs as D'Arcy Penrose
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Forrester Harvey
Forrester Harvey (27 June 1884 – 14 December 1945) was an Irish film actor.
From 1922 until his death year Harvey appeared in more than 115 films. He was credited for about two-thirds of his film appearances, but some of his roles were un ...
as Dusty Miller
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Humberston Wright
Humbertson Wright (1876 in London, England, UK – 1953), sometimes credited as Humberstone Wright or Humberston H. Wright, was a British film actor.
Filmography
* '' Trapped by the London Sharks'' (1916)
* '' Thelma'' (1918)
* '' The Secre ...
as Stiffy Steele
References
Bibliography
* Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). ''The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939''. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.
External links
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1926 films
British silent feature films
British war films
1920s English-language films
Films directed by Maurice Elvey
British black-and-white films
1926 war films
1920s British films
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