Huntingtower (film)

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Huntingtower
Directed by George Pearson
Produced by George Pearson
Written by John Buchan(novel)
Charles E. Whittaker
Starring Harry Lauder
Vera Voronina
Patrick Aherne
Studio Welsh, Pearson and Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release dates 1927
Running time 7,192 feet[1]
Country United Kingdom
Language Silent film
English intertitles

Huntingtower is a 1927 British silent adventure film directed by George Pearson and starring Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina and Patrick Aherne. It was based on the 1923 novel Huntingtower by John Buchan and made at Cricklewood Studios. The art direction was by Walter Murton.

Plot

The film is ″(a) tale of chivalry in modern times, involving a Glasgow grocer and a Russian princess imprisoned in a deserted castle″ according to the British Film Institute.[2]

Cast

  • Harry Lauder as Dickson McCunn
  • Vera Voronina as Princess Saskia
  • Patrick Aherne as Capt. John Heritage
  • Lillian Christine as Mrs. McCunn
  • John Manners as Prince Paul
  • Moore Marriott as Speidel
  • Douglas Herald as Leon
  • Susanne Morris as Mother
  • W. Cronin Wilson as Dobson
  • Nancy Price as Mrs.Moran
  • Jerrold Robertshaw as Father
  • Harry Malonie as Dougal

Production

The castle scenes were shot at Bamburgh Castle.

References

  1. Low p.385
  2. Description of the film (BFI website)

External links

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