''The Flight Commander'' is a 1927 British silent war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Alan Cobham, Estelle Brody and John Stuart. It was made by

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at their

Lime Grove Studios Lime Grove Studios was a film, and later television, studio complex in Shepherd's Bush, West London, England. The complex was built by the Gaumont Film Company in 1915. It was situated in Lime Grove, a residential street in Shepherd's Bush, and ...

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. The celebrated First World War pilot Alan Cobham appeared as himself. It is also known by the alternative title of ''With Cobham to the Cape''. The film focused on the bombardment of a Chinese town. It was built with great publicity in

Hendon Hendon is an urban area in the Borough of Barnet, North-West London northwest of Charing Cross. Hendon was an ancient manor and parish in the county of Middlesex and a former borough, the Municipal Borough of Hendon; it has been part of Great ...

.Low p.173

Cast

* Alan Cobham as Himself * Estelle Brody as Mary * John Stuart as John Massey * Humberston Wright as James Mortimer * Vesta Sylva as Babette * Alf Goddard as Tommy * John Longden as Ivan * Cyril McLaglen as Sammy * William Pardue as Pierre *

A. Bromley Davenport Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK. Bromley-Davenport made appearances in at least 77 films for te ...

as Philosopher * Edward O'Neill as Missionary

References

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918-1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

* 1927 films 1927 war films British war films 1920s English-language films Films directed by Maurice Elvey British silent feature films Films shot at Lime Grove Studios British aviation films British black-and-white films Films produced by Victor Saville Silent war films 1920s British films {{1920s-UK-film-stub