fiction.wikisort.org - MovieHuntingtower is a 1928 British silent adventure film, made at Cricklewood Studios. It was directed by George Pearson and starred Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina and Patrick Aherne. It was based on the 1922 novel Huntingtower by John Buchan. The film was fairly successful on its release.[2]
1928 film
Huntingtower |
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 Trade ad in Kinematograph Weekly |
Directed by | George Pearson |
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Written by | John Buchan (novel) Charles E. Whittaker |
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Produced by | George Pearson |
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Starring | Harry Lauder Vera Voronina Patrick Aherne |
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Production companies | Welsh, Pearson and Company |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Release date | 1928 |
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Running time | 7,192 feet[1] |
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Country | United Kingdom |
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Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
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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.[3][4]
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
Bibliography
- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
External links
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Richard Hannay novels |
- The Thirty-Nine Steps (1915)
- Greenmantle (1916)
- Mr Standfast (1919)
- The Three Hostages (1924)
- The Courts of the Morning (1929)
- The Island of Sheep (1936)
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Edward Leithen novels |
- The Power-House (1916)
- John Macnab (1925)
- The Dancing Floor (1926)
- The Gap in the Curtain (1932)
- Sick Heart River (1941)
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Dickson McCunn trilogy |
- Huntingtower (1922)
- Castle Gay (1930)
- The House of the Four Winds (1935)
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Other fiction |
- Sir Quixote of the Moors (1895)
- John Burnet of Barns (1898)
- A Lost Lady of Old Years (1899)
- The Half-Hearted (1900)
- The Watcher by the Threshold, and other tales (1906)
- A Lodge in the Wilderness (1906)
- Prester John (1910)
- The Moon Endureth (1912)
- Salute to Adventurers (1915)
- The Path of the King (1921)
- Midwinter (1923)
- Witch Wood (1927)
- The Runagates Club (1928)
- The Blanket of the Dark (1931)
- The Magic Walking Stick (1932)
- A Prince of the Captivity (1933)
- The Free Fishers (1934)
- The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy (1984)
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Characters |
- Sandy Arbuthnot
- John S. Blenkiron
- Sir Walter Bullivant
- Hilda von Einem
- Richard Hannay
- Charles Lamancha
- Edward Leithen
- Dickson McCunn
- John Palliser-Yeates
- Peter Pienaar
- Archie Roylance
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Non-fiction |
- Montrose (1928)
- Memory Hold-the-Door (1940)
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