''King of the Castle'' is a 1926 British silent

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

directed by Henry Edwards and starring

Marjorie Hume Marjorie Hume (27 January 1893 – 13 March 1976) was an English film actress. She appeared in 36 films between 1917 and 1955. Selected filmography * '' Doing His Bit'' (1917) * '' Red Pottage'' (1918) * '' The Swindler'' (1918) * '' Lady ...

Brian Aherne William Brian de Lacy Aherne (2 May 190210 February 1986) was an English actor of stage, screen, radio and television, who enjoyed a long and varied career in Britain and the United States. His first Broadway appearance in ''The Barretts of W ...

and

Dawson Millward Dawson Millward (July 13, 1870 – May 15, 1926) was a British stage and film actor. Selected filmography * '' Caste'' (1915) * ''General Post'' (1920) * '' The Magistrate'' (1921) * ''The Skin Game'' (1921) * '' The Recoil'' (1922) * '' King of ...

. It was based on a 1922 novel by Keble Howard, who approved the scenario and wrote some of the

intertitles In films, an intertitle, also known as a title card, is a piece of filmed, printed text edited into the midst of (i.e., ''inter-'') the photographed action at various points. Intertitles used to convey character dialogue are referred to as "dialo ...

. Many of the outdoor scenes were filmed in

Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...

Cast

as Lady Oxborrow *

as Colin O'Farrell *

as Chris Furlong * Prudence Vanbrugh as Leslie Rain *

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 Peter Coffin * Albert E. Raynor as Matlock * E.C. Matthews as Ezekiel Squence

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