The Guns of Loos is a silent British war film

War film

War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...

 directed by Sinclair Hill

Sinclair Hill

Sinclair Hill was a British film director and screenwriter. He directed nearly fifty films between 1920 and 1939. He was born as George Sinclair-Hill in London in 1894...

 and starring Henry Victor

Henry Victor

Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...

, Madeleine Carroll

Madeleine Carroll

Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...

, and Bobby Howes

Bobby Howes

Bobby Howes, born as Charles Robert William Howes on 4 August 1895 in Battersea, England. His parents were Robert William Howes and Rose Marie Butler.- Biography :...

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Plot

A blind veteran of the First World War returns home to run his family's industrial empire.

Production background

Carroll was selected for the role from 150 applicants to play her role. It was her first film role and helped launch her career.

Score

In 2011, sheet music for Richard Howgill's score, meant to be performed live as the film was projected, was rediscovered in Birmingham Central Library

Birmingham Central Library

Birmingham Central Library is the main public library in Birmingham, England, and the largest non-national library in Europe. It is managed by Birmingham City Council...

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Cast

• Henry Victor
  Henry Victor
  Henry Victor was an English-born character actor. Raised in Germany, Victor is probably best remembered for his portrayal of the strongman Hercules in Tod Browning's 1932 film Freaks. He originally was a leading figure in UK silent films...
  
   - John Grimlaw
• Madeleine Carroll
  Madeleine Carroll
  Edith Madeleine Carroll was an English actress, popular in the 1930s and 1940s.-Early life:Carroll was born at 32 Herbert Street in West Bromwich, England. She graduated from the University of Birmingham, England with a B.A. degree...
  
   - Diana Cheswick
• Bobby Howes
  Bobby Howes
  Bobby Howes, born as Charles Robert William Howes on 4 August 1895 in Battersea, England. His parents were Robert William Howes and Rose Marie Butler.- Biography :...
  
   - Danny
• Hermione Baddeley
  Hermione Baddeley
  Hermione Baddeley was an English character actress of theatre, film and television. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Room at the Top and a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play for The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here...
  
   - Mavis
• Donald Macardle - Clive
• Adeline Hayden Coffin
  Adeline Hayden Coffin
  -Selected filmography:* The Manxman * The Sands of Time * God's Clay * After Many Days * The Greater Love * The Call of the Road * The Holiday Husband * The Black Spider...
  
   - Lady Cheswick
• Jeanne le Vaye - Arlette
• Philip Hewland
  Philip Hewland
  -Selected filmography:* The Manxman * Lady Tetley's Decree * The Guns of Loos * Glamour * The Sleeping Cardinal * The Missing Rembrandt * Murder by Rope...
  
   - Stevens
• Frank Goldsmith - Colonel Jameson
• Tom Coventry
  Tom Coventry
  -Selected filmography:* A Fortune at Stake * The House of Peril * Paddy the Next Best Thing * Dixon's Return * Claude Duval * The Wonderful Wooing * The Squire of Long Hadley...
  
   - Tubby
• William Freshman
  William Freshman
  William Freshman was an Australian-born actor, writer and director. He moved to England as a child and worked in the British film industry, writing over 20 screenplays and working as an associate producer at British International Pictures...
  
   - Officer
• Wally Patch
  Wally Patch
  Wally Patch was a British character actor, who had supporting roles in many films. He was born Walter Sidney Vinnicombe in Willesden, London on 26 September 1888...
  
   - Sergeant
• David Laidlaw - Himself