''Huntingtower'' is a 1928

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, made at

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. It was directed by George Pearson and starred

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and

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. It was based on the 1922 novel '' Huntingtower'' by

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. 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

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Cast

as Dickson McCunn *

as Princess Saskia *

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 ...

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, animal welfare activist and theatre director. Her acting career began in a repertory theatre company before progressing to the London stage, ...

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

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References

Bibliography

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

External links

*
''Huntingtower''
at Silent Era
Archive footage from 1928 of Harry Lauder visiting the Regent Picture House, Glasgow, to view the film
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