''The Heroine of Mons'' is a 1914 British silent war film directed by Wilfred Noy (the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard) and starring

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, Leslie Howard and

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. The film marked the screen debut of Howard, who went on to be leading star of British and

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cinema.Cochrane p.97 The film was made during the opening weeks of the

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, and refers to the

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Cast

as The Girl * Leslie Howard *

References

Bibliography

* Cochrane, Claire. ''Twentieth-Century British Theatre: Industry, Art and Empire''. Cambridge University Press, 2011.

External links

* 1914 films 1914 war films British war films British silent short films 1910s English-language films Films directed by Wilfred Noy British World War I films British black-and-white films Silent war films 1910s British films {{1910s-UK-film-stub