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Doing His Bit (1917)

Doing His Bit poster
Directed by
Edwin J. Collins
Genre
silent film
Country
United Kingdom
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A music hall star gets involved in a comedy of errors during wartime. The film follows his attempts to help out in a lighthearted way.

lightheartedplayfulcomedicbreezynostalgicwhimsicalsimple

What happens

Doing His Bit is a 1917 British silent comedy film directed by Edwin J. Collins and starring George Robey and Marjorie Hume and Howard Boddey. It was one of a number of films featuring Robey, one of the leading music hall stars of the era. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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