Broken in the Wars
1919 British film
- 1919 (1919)
Broken in the Wars is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Cecil Hepworth and starring Henry Edwards, Chrissie White and Alma Taylor.[1] The Pensions Minister John Hodge appeared in the film to promote the King's Fund, which supported recently demobilised ex-servicemen. The fund had been criticized by veterans' organisations on the grounds that it was a government backed charity providing relief that should have been provided by the state. The film attempts to assure audiences that the King's Fund is not a charity.[2] A cobbler returning from the First World War is persuaded by his aristocratic former employer and the Pensions Minister to receive a grant that will enable him to open his own shop.[3] It was made by Hepworth Picture Plays. The film is available to view online in the UK via the BFI Player
Cast
- Henry Edwards - Joe
- Chrissie White - Mrs. Joe
- Alma Taylor - Lady Dorothea
- John Hodge - Himself
- Gerald Ames - Customer
- John MacAndrews - Customer
References
Bibliography
- Bamford, Kenton. Distorted Images: British National Identity and Film in the 1920s. I.B. Tauris, 1999.
External links
- Broken in the Wars at IMDb
- https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-broken-in-the-wars-1918-online
- https://atthepictures.photo.blog/2018/09/10/broken-in-the-wars-and-the-kings-fund/
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Films directed by Cecil Hepworth
- The Egg-Laying Man (1897)
- The Beggar's Deceit (1900)
- How It Feels to Be Run Over (1900)
- Explosion of a Motor Car (1900)
- Alice in Wonderland (1903)
- A Day in the Hayfields (1904)
- Rescued by Rover (1905)
- Baby's Toilet (1905)
- The Cloister and the Hearth (1913)
- The Baby on the Barge (1915)
- The Man Who Stayed at Home (1915)
- Annie Laurie (1916)
- Molly Bawn (1916)
- The Marriage of William Ashe (1916)
- Trelawny of the Wells (1916)
- The Cobweb (1917)
- The American Heiress (1917)
- The Refugee (1918)
- Broken in the Wars (1919)
- The Forest on the Hill (1919)
- The Nature of the Beast (1919)
- Anna the Adventuress (1920)
- Helen of Four Gates (1920)
- The Narrow Valley (1921)
- Tansy (1921)
- The Tinted Venus (1921)
- Wild Heather (1921)
- Comin' Thro the Rye (1923)
- Strangling Threads (1923)
- Mist in the Valley (1923)
- The House of Marney (1927)
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