Comradeship (1919 film)

Comradeship is a 1919 British silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Lily Elsie, Gerald Ames and Guy Newall. The films action covers the entire span of World War I, from the months before the outbreak of hostilities to the declaration of peace.

Filming on Comradeship began in the summer of 1918 while the war was still in progress, and it was still in production when the Armistice was signed in November. Elvey took the opportunity to incorporate authentic footage of victory celebrations in London and some of his characters in the setting of the city in the immediate aftermath of war, lending these sections of the film a historical documentary feel.Pacifist John Armstrong Ames runs a drapery store in the small town of Melcombe, helped by his apprentice Peggy Peggy Carlisle and German assistant Otto Dallas Cairns, who are having an affair. Local landowner Lieutenant Baring Newall finds Otto a suspicious character, but is angrily assured by John that he is trustworthy. Armstrong is attracted to Barings cousin Betty Elsie, who plans to turn their home, Fanshawe Hall, into a wounded soldiers hospital on the inevitable outbreak of war between Britain and Germany. ........

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