The Heroine of Mons is a 1914 British silent war film directed by Wilfred Noy (the maternal uncle of Leslie HowardEforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor. London: Vallentine Mitchell Publishers, 2010. .) and starring Dorothy Bellew, Leslie HowardEstel Eforgan states in her book, Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor, that Howard's uncle managed to wrangle Howard into a crowd scene, this before Howard joined the military. and Bert Wynne. The film marked the screen debut of Howard, who went on to be leading star of British and Hollywood cinema.Cochrane p.97 The film was made during the opening weeks of the First World War, and refers to the Battle of Mons.
Cast Dorothy Bellew as The Girl Leslie Howard Bert Wynne
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Bibliography Cochrane, Claire. Twentieth-Century British Theatre: Industry, Art and Empire. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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