''Huntingtower'' is a 1928
British
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silent adventure film
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, made at
Cricklewood Studios
Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which also ...
. It was directed by
George Pearson and starred
Harry Lauder
Sir Henry Lauder (; 4 August 1870 – 26 February 1950)Russell, Dave"Lauder, Sir Henry (1870–1950)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, January 2011, accessed 27 April 2014 was a S ...
,
Vera Voronina
Vera Voronina ( 1904 – 1942?) was a Russian actress.
Biography
Voronina was born in Odessa, then part of the Russian Empire, but her family fled after the Russian Revolution of 1917. She starred in films in several countries including German ...
and
Patrick Aherne. It was based on the 1922 novel ''
Huntingtower'' by
John Buchan
John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (; 26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.
After a brief legal career ...
. The film was fairly successful on its release.
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
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.
Cast
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Harry Lauder
Sir Henry Lauder (; 4 August 1870 – 26 February 1950)Russell, Dave"Lauder, Sir Henry (1870–1950)" ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, January 2011, accessed 27 April 2014 was a S ...
as Dickson McCunn
*
Vera Voronina
Vera Voronina ( 1904 – 1942?) was a Russian actress.
Biography
Voronina was born in Odessa, then part of the Russian Empire, but her family fled after the Russian Revolution of 1917. She starred in films in several countries including German ...
as Princess Saskia
*
Patrick Aherne as Capt. John Heritage
*Lillian Christine as Mrs. McCunn
*John Manners as Prince Paul
*
Moore Marriott
George Thomas Moore Marriott (14 September 1885 – 11 December 1949) was an English character actor best remembered for the series of films he made with Will Hay. His first appearance with Hay was in the film '' Dandy Dick'' (1935), but he w ...
as Speidel
*Douglas Herald as Leon
*Susanne Morris as Mother
*W. Cronin Wilson as Dobson
*
Nancy Price
Nancy Price, CBE (3 February 1880 – 31 March 1970), was an English actress on stage and screen, author and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, silent films, talkies and ...
as Mrs.Moran
*
Jerrold Robertshaw
Jerrold Robertshaw (28 March 1866, in Allerton, West Riding of Yorkshire – 14 February 1941, in London) was a British stage and film actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* ''Dombey and Son'' (1917)
* ''Build Thy House'' (1920)
* ...
as Father
*Harry Malonie as Dougal
Production
The castle scenes were shot at
Bamburgh Castle
Bamburgh Castle is a castle on the northeast coast of England, by the village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is a Grade I listed building.
The site was originally the location of a Celtic Brittonic fort known as ''Din Guarie'' and may have ...
.
References
Bibliography
* Low, Rachel. ''The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929''. Routledge, 1997.
External links
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''Huntingtower''at Silent Era
Archive footage from 1928 of Harry Lauder visiting the Regent Picture House, Glasgow, to view the film
1928 films
1920s English-language films
Films based on British novels
Films based on works by John Buchan
British silent feature films
Paramount Pictures films
Films shot at Cricklewood Studios
Films set in Scotland
British black-and-white films
British adventure drama films
1920s adventure drama films
1928 drama films
1920s British films
Silent drama films
Silent adventure films
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