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East Lynne on the Western Front
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Wikipedia article
'East Lynne on the Western Front' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by George Pearson and starring Herbert Mundin, Mark Daly and Alf Goddard.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090114081915/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/32059 BFI.org] It was made at the Lime Grove Studios.Wood p.71
Plot
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.
Cast
* Herbert Mundin as Bob Cox / Lady Isobel
* Mark Daly as Maurice / Levison
* Alf Goddard as Ben / Cornelia
* Hugh E. Wright as Fred
* Edwin Ellis as Sam / Barbara Hare
* Harold French as Reggie Pitt
* Adele Blanche as Mimi
* Wilfrid Lawson as Dick Webb / Carlyle
* Escott Davies as Joe / Little Willie
* Roger Livesey as Sandy
* Philip Godfrey as Jack / Hare
* Norman Shelley as Tony Wilson
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. 'Filmmaking in 1930s Britain'. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
* Wood, Linda. 'British Films, 1927-1939'. British Film Institute, 1986.
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