East Lynne on the Western Front

original title:
East Lynne on the Western Front
country / year of production:
Great Britain / 1931
original length:
85 min. , black/white
premiere:
15 July 1931
genre:
Comedy
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director:
George Pearson
film script:
Mary Parsone , Donovan Parsons
producer:
T. A. Welsh
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cast (role):
Herbert Mundin (Bob Cox / Lady Isobel) , Mark Daly (Maurice / Levison) , Alf Goddard (Ben / Cornelia) , Harold French , Hugh E. Wright , Edwin Ellis , Adele Blanche , Wilfrid Lawson , Escott Davies , Roger Livesey , Philip Godfrey , Norman Shelley
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plot synopsis:
During the First World War a group of British soldiers serving on the Western Front stage a comic performance of the play »East Lynne« to entertain their comrades.
keywords:
battle-fatigue , behind the lines , comradeship , prisoner camps
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
Ellen Wood. »East Lynne«. London: R. Bentley, 1861.
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