{{Short description|1928 film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox film | name = The Rising Generation | image =File:The Rising Generation.jpg | caption = Argentine poster | director = George Dewhurst <br> Harley Knoles | producer = | writer = Dion Titheradge | starring = Alice Joyce<br> Jameson Thomas <br> Robin Irvine <br> William Freshman | music = | cinematography = | editing = George Dewhurst | studio = Westminster Films | distributor = Williams and Pritchard Films | released = {{Film date|1928|09}} | runtime = 7,000 feet<ref>Low p.436</ref> | country = United Kingdom | language = Silent <br> English intertitles | budget = }} '''''The Rising Generation''''' is a lost 1928 British silent comedy film directed by Harley Knoles and George Dewhurst and starring Alice Joyce, Jameson Thomas and Robin Irvine.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090527102439/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/48477 BFI.org]</ref> It was based on a play by Laura Leycester. The screenplay concerns a couple who masquerade as servants.

==Cast== * Alice Joyce as Mrs Kent * Jameson Thomas as Major Kent * Robin Irvine as George Breese * William Freshman as Robert Kent * Joan Barry as Peggy Kent * Betty Nuthall as School Friend * Gerald Ames as John Parmoor * Gerald Rawlinson as Augustus * Pamela Deane as Friend * Eric Findon as Friend * Eugenie Prescott as Maid * Clare Greet as Cook * Nervo and Knox as Themselves

==Preservation status== *This film is now lost.<ref>[https://web.stanford.edu/~gdegroat/AJ/reviews/rg.htm ''The Rising Generation'' at The Alice Joyce website; by Greta deGroat;Stanford University professor]</ref>

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==External links== *{{IMDb title|0234606}}

{{George Dewhurst}} {{Harley Knoles}}

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