''Brother Officers'' is a 1915

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war film War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that wa ...

directed by

Harold M. Shaw Harold Marvin Shaw (also cited in some records as Henry Marvin Shaw; November 3, 1877January 30, 1926) was an American stage performer, film actor, screenwriter, and notable director of the silent era. A native of Tennessee, he worked professio ...

and starring

Henry Ainley Henry Hinchliffe Ainley (21 August 1879 – 31 October 1945) was an English actor. Life and career Early years Ainley was born in Morley, near Leeds, on 21 August 1879, the only son and eldest child of Richard Ainley (1851–1919), a textil ...

Lettice Fairfax Lettice Fairfax (March 26, 1876 – December 25, 1948) was an English stage and silent film actress. She is known for her roles in the Edwardian musical comedy ''An Artist's Model'' (1895) and in silent cinema such as ''Brother Officers'' as Bar ...

and

Gerald Ames Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema ...

. It was based on a play by Leo Trevor. A soldier wins the

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during the First World War. A British made film distributed by Paramount in the United States.

Cast

– John Hinds *

– Baroness Honour Royden *

– Lieutenant Lancelot Pleydell *

Charles Rock Charles Rock (30 May 1866 – 12 July 1919) was a British actor. He was born Arthur Charles Rock de Fabeck. Rock also wrote at least one play: ''The Ghost of Jerry Bundler'', adapted from W. W. Jacobs' story ''Jerry Bundler''. It was cast at the ...

– Jim Stanton * George Bellamy – Colonel Stapleton * Frank Stanmore – Dean *

Wyndham Guise Wyndham Guise (né William Windham Guise Cutler) was a British actor who appeared on stage in Edwardian musical comedies beginning in the 1890s and became a film actor during the silent era. He is sometimes credited as Windham Guise. Selected ...

– Bookmaker *

Gwynne Herbert Gwynne Herbert (11 September 1859 – 17 February 1946) was a British stage and film actress. Partial filmography * ''Liberty Hall'' (1914) * '' The Christian'' (1915) * '' The Firm of Girdlestone'' (1915) * ''The Folly of Desire'' (1915) * ''Th ...

– Lady Pleydell

References

External links

* 1915 films British war films British films based on plays Films directed by Harold M. Shaw British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1915 war films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films {{1910s-UK-film-stub