The Flag Lieutenant (1926 film)

The Flag Lieutenant
Directed by	Maurice Elvey
Written by	W.P. Drury (play) Patrick L. Mannock Leo Tover (play)
Produced by	Norman Walker
Starring	Henry Edwards Lilian Oldland Dorothy Seacombe
Cinematography	William Shenton
Production company	Astra-National
Distributed by	Astra-National
Release date	1926 (1926)
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Flag Lieutenant is a 1926 British war film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Henry Edwards, Lilian Oldland and Dorothy Seacombe.[1] It is based on the play The Flag Lieutenant by W.P. Drury. Its sets were designed by the art director Andrew Mazzei. The film proved to be one of the hits of the year at the British box office.[2]

Sequels

In 1927 Edwards starred in a sequel The Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant. The play was adapted into a film again in 1932, also starring Edwards.

Cast

• Henry Edwards as Dicky Lascelles
• Lilian Oldland as Sybil Wynne
• Dorothy Seacombe as Mrs Cameron
• Fred Raynham as Major Thesiger
• Fewlass Llewellyn as Admiral Wynne
• Hayford Hobbs as D'Arcy Penrose
• Forrester Harvey as Dusty Miller
• Humberston Wright as Stiffy Steele

References

1. "The Flag Lieutenant (1926)". Archived from the original on 14 January 2009.
2. Richards p.39

Bibliography

• Richards, Jeffrey (ed.). The Unknown 1930s: An Alternative History of the British Cinema, 1929- 1939. I.B. Tauris & Co, 1998.

External links

• The Flag Lieutenant at IMDb