Sunday, October 12, 1997

The Flag Lieutenant

Maurice Elvey, Britain’s Forgotten Man Maurice Elvey, Britain’s forgotten man, directed 180 films between 1913 and 1957. He deserves to stay forgotten, to judge by The Flag Lieutenant, At The Villa Rose, and High Treason.

015270 / 16 / GB / 1926 / Elvey, Maurice / / war

Flag Lieutenant, The / Lippuluutnantti. PC: Astra-National. D: Maurice Elvey. CAST: Henry Edwards, Dorothy Seacombe, Fred Raynham. 1950 m /20 fps/ 76’. Silent b&w. Somnambulistic piano accompaniment by Edward von Past. NFTVA print. Pordenone, Cinema Verdi, Sunday, 12 October 1997. * Pedestrian tale of noble sacrifice in military service.

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