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Huntingtower (film)

Huntingtower
Directed byGeorge Pearson
Written byJohn Buchan (novel)
Charles E. Whittaker
Produced byGeorge Pearson
StarringHarry Lauder
Vera Voronina
Patrick Aherne
Production
companies
Welsh, Pearson and Company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • 1928 (1928)
Running time
7,192 feet[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent film
English intertitles

Huntingtower 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]

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

Production

The castle scenes were shot at Bamburgh Castle.

References

  1. ^ Low p.385
  2. ^ Low p.163
  3. ^ "Huntingtower (1928)". BFI Film & TV Database. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Huntingtower (1928)". British Film Institute Collections.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.


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