The Rising Generation

1928 film
  • September 1928 (1928-09)
Running time
7,000 feet[1]CountryUnited KingdomLanguagesSilent
English intertitles

The Rising Generation is a lost 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harley Knoles and George Dewhurst and starring Alice Joyce, Jameson Thomas and Robin Irvine.[2] It was based on a play by Laura Leycester. The screenplay concerns a couple who masquerade as servants.

Cast

  • Alice Joyce as Mrs Kent
  • Jameson Thomas as Major Kent
  • Robin Irvine as George Breese
  • William Freshman as Robert Kent
  • Joan Barry as Peggy Kent
  • Betty Nuthall as School Friend
  • Gerald Ames as John Parmoor
  • Gerald Rawlinson as Augustus
  • Pamela Deane as Friend
  • Eric Findon as Friend
  • Eugenie Prescott as Maid
  • Clare Greet as Cook
  • Nervo and Knox as Themselves

Preservation status

  • This film is now lost.[3]

References

  1. ^ Low p.436
  2. ^ BFI.org
  3. ^ The Rising Generation at The Alice Joyce website; by Greta deGroat;Stanford University professor
  • The Rising Generation at IMDb
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The films of George Dewhurst
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The films of Harley Knoles


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