Huntingtower (film) explained

Huntingtower
Producer:	George Pearson
Studio:	Welsh, Pearson and Company
Runtime:	7,192 feet^[1]

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

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

Low p.385
Low p.163
Web site: Huntingtower (1928). https://web.archive.org/web/20090115024336/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/37139. dead. 15 January 2009. BFI Film & TV Database.
Web site: Huntingtower (1928). British Film Institute Collections.

Bibliography

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