The Rising Generation
Encyclopedia
The Rising Generation is a 1928 British
comedy film
directed by Harley Knoles
and George Dewhurst
and starring Alice Joyce
, Jameson Thomas
and Robin Irvine
. It was based on a play by Laura Leycester. A couple masquerade as servants.
Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
directed by Harley Knoles
Harley Knoles
-Selected filmography:* Bolshevism on Trial *A Romantic Adventuress * Carnival * The Bohemian Girl * Lew Tyler's Wives * The White Sheik * The Rising Generation...
and George Dewhurst
George Dewhurst
George Dewhurst was a British actor, screenwriter and film director. He directed several film versions of the play A Sister to Assist 'Er.-Selected filmography:Screenwriter* The Lunatic at Large * The Narrow Valley...
and starring Alice Joyce
Alice Joyce
Alice Joyce was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 movies during the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps best known for her roles in the 1923 silent and 1930 talking versions of The Green Goddess....
, Jameson Thomas
Jameson Thomas
Jameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis....
and Robin Irvine
Robin Irvine
-Selected filmography:* The Secret Kingdom * Downhill * Land of Hope and Glory * Confetti * Easy Virtue * The Rising Generation...
. It was based on a play by Laura Leycester. A couple masquerade as servants.
Cast
- Alice JoyceAlice JoyceAlice Joyce was an American actress, who appeared in more than 200 movies during the 1910s and 1920s, perhaps best known for her roles in the 1923 silent and 1930 talking versions of The Green Goddess....
- Mrs. Kent - Jameson ThomasJameson ThomasJameson Thomas was an English film actor. He appeared in 82 films between 1923 and 1939.He was born in London and died in Sierra Madre, California, it is said from Tuberculosis....
- Major Kent - Robin IrvineRobin Irvine-Selected filmography:* The Secret Kingdom * Downhill * Land of Hope and Glory * Confetti * Easy Virtue * The Rising Generation...
- George Breese - William FreshmanWilliam FreshmanWilliam 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...
- Robert Kent - Joan BarryJoan BarryJoan Barry is an American politician. She was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1996 and was re-elected in 1998, and 2000. In 2004 she was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Congress losing the Democratic primary election to Russ Carnahan. Barry is also a Registered Nurse who has...
- Peggy Kent - Betty NuthallBetty NuthallBetty May Nuthall Shoemaker was an English tennis player.Known for her powerful forehand, according to Wallis Myers of The Daily Telegraph and the Daily Mail, Shoemaker was ranked in the world top ten in 1927, 1929 through 1931, and 1933, reaching a career high in those rankings of World No...
- School Friend - Gerald AmesGerald AmesGerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905...
- John Parmoor - Gerald RawlinsonGerald Rawlinson-Selected filmography:* The Hellcat * Life's a Stage * The Rising Generation * The Silent House * The Devil's Maze * The Rocket Bus * The Night Porter * Young Woodley...
- Augustus - Pamela Deane - Friend
- Eric Findon - Friend
- Eugenie Prescott - Maid
- Clare GreetClare GreetClare Greet was an English film actress. She appeared in 26 films between 1921 and 1939, including six films directed by Alfred Hitchcock.She was born in England and died in London....
- Cook - Nervo and KnoxNervo and KnoxJimmy Nervo and Teddy Knox were part of the original Crazy Gang. They started the stage careers as an acrobatic dancing team. They used this ability in many of the earlier Crazy Gang shows. Among their many routines, a slow motion wrestling act was developed into a humorous show stopper...
- Themselves