Nov 11th  
Journey's End** 
(GB/US 1930)                                       
Gaumont British. 120m.

A young officer is successfully posted on the same billet as his hero and mentor from public school, shortly before the last major German offensive in 1918.
For Armistice Day a chance to include this first film version of Sherriff's definitive drama about life for British officers on the Western Front, primitive in some of its theatricality and use of early sound, but the most moving moments of the play still resonate. The director and star were good enough to stay on in America a while longer to make Frankenstein.

Written by: Joseph Moncure March, Gareth Gundrey, from the play by R.C. Sherriff.
Producer: George Pearson.
Director: James Whale.
Starring: Colin Clive, David Manners, Ian MacLaren, Anthony Bushell, Billy Bevan, Charles Gerrard.
Photography: Benjamin Kline.