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Motherland (1927 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Motherland' is a 1927 British silent war film directed by G. B. Samuelson and starring Rex Davis, Eva Moore and James Knight.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090117125537/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/44854 BFI.org] The film was made at Isleworth Studios. It is set during the First World War. It aimed to copy the success of the series of war films released by British Instructional Films, but critical reaction was negative.Low p.141
Cast
* Rex Davis - The Lonely Soldier
* Eva Moore - Mrs. Edwards
* James Knight - Private Tom Edwards
* Dorinea Shirley - The Stranger
* Alec Alexander - Lance Corporal Ikey Abrahamson
* Peggy Carlisle - Betty
* Lena Halliday - Mrs. Vibart
* A. Harding Steerman - Alexander Vibart
* Russell Gorton - Captain Roger Vibart
* Marjorie Spiers - Grace Edwards
* Maurice Redstone - Issy Abrahamson
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'History of the British Film, 1918-1929'. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
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