The Flag Lieutenant (1932 film)

The Flag Lieutenant
Directed by	Henry Edwards
Produced by	Herbert Wilcox
Written by	Leo Tover (play) W.P. Drury (play) Joan Morgan
Starring	Henry Edwards Anna Neagle Joyce Bland Peter Gawthorne
Music by	Harris Weston
Cinematography	Stanley Rodwell
Edited by	Michael Hankinson
Production company	British and Dominions
Distributed by	Woolf and Freedman
Release dates	12 October 1932
Running time	85 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

The Flag Lieutenant is a 1932 British war film based on the play by William Price Drury and directed by and starring Henry Edwards, Anna Neagle, Joyce Bland, and Peter Gawthorne. The film's plot involves a Lieutenant who is wrongly accused of cowardice.^[1]

Production

The film was made at Elstree Studios. It is based on the play of the same title which had previous been adapted into films in 1919 and 1927. The film provided an early leading role for Neagle, who was under contract to the producer Herbert Wilcox and would later become his wife.

Cast

Henry Edwards - Lieutenant Dicky Lascelles
Anna Neagle - Hermione Wynne
Joyce Bland - Mrs Cameron
Peter Gawthorne - Major Thesiger
Louis Goodrich - Admiral Wynne
Sam Livesey - Colonel McLeod
Michael Hogan - Lieutnenat Palliser
O. B. Clarence - General Gough-Bogle
Abraham Sofaer - Meheti Salos
Peter Northcote - Midshipman Lee
Tully Comber - Midshipman Hood

References

↑ BFI Database entry

Bibliography

Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

External links

The Flag Lieutenant at the Internet Movie Database

The films of Henry Edwards

1910s	A Welsh Singer (1915) Doorsteps (1916) East Is East (1916) Merely Mrs. Stubbs (1917) If Thou Wert Blind (1917) Broken Threads (1917) The Failure (1917) What's the Use of Grumbling (1918) Towards the Light (1918) The Poet's Windfall (1918) The Hanging Judge (1918) The City of Beautiful Nonsense (1919) Possession (1919) His Dearest Possession (1919) The Kinsman (1919)

1920s	The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss (1920) John Forrest Finds Himself (1920) Aylwin (1920) A Temporary Vagabond (1920) Tit for Tat (1921) The Lunatic at Large (1921) The Bargain (1921) Simple Simon (1922) Lily of the Alley (1923) Boden's Boy (1923) The Naked Man (1923) The World of Wonderful Reality (1924) Owd Bob (1924) King of the Castle (1925) A Girl of London (1925) The Island of Despair (1926) One Colombo Night (1926)

1930s	The Girl in the Night (1931) Stranglehold (1931) Brother Alfred (1932) The Flag Lieutenant (1932) The Barton Mystery (1932) General John Regan (1933) Discord (1933) One Precious Year (1933) Lord of the Manor (1933) Anne One Hundred (1933) Purse Strings (1933) The Lash (1934) The Man Who Changed His Name (1934) Lord Edgware Dies (1934) Are You a Mason? (1934) The Rocks of Valpre (1935) The Lad (1935) D'Ye Ken John Peel? (1935) Vintage Wine (1935) Squibs (1935) The Private Secretary (1935) Scrooge (1935) Eliza Comes to Stay (1936) In the Soup (1936) Juggernaut (1936) Beauty and the Barge (1937) Song of the Forge (1937) Vicar of Bray (1937)

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