Huntingtower (film)

Huntingtower
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Directed by	George Pearson
Produced by	George Pearson
Written by	John Buchan (novel) Charles E. Whittaker
Starring	Harry Lauder Vera Voronina Patrick Aherne
Production company	Welsh, Pearson and Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	1927
Running time	7,192 feet^[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Silent film English intertitles

Huntingtower is a 1927 British silent adventure film directed by George Pearson and starring Harry Lauder, Vera Voronina and Patrick Aherne.^[2] It was based on the 1922 novel Huntingtower by John Buchan and made at Cricklewood Studios. The art direction was by Walter Murton.

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]

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

Bibliography

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

External links

Huntingtower at the Internet Movie Database
Huntingtower at BFI Film & TV Database
Huntingtower at Silent Era

The films of George Pearson

The Fool (1913)
Heroes of the Mine (1913)
A Study in Scarlet (1914)
A Cinema Girl's Romance (1915)
John Halifax, Gentleman (1915)
Sally Bishop (1916)
The Romance of Old Bill (1918)
Garryowen (1920)
Nothing Else Matters (1920)
Mary Find the Gold (1921)
Squibs (1921)
Mord Em'ly (1922)
Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart (1922)
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep (1922)
Love, Life and Laughter (1923)
Squibs M.P. (1923)
Squibs' Honeymoon (1923)
Reveille (1924)
Satan's Sister (1925)
The Little People (1926)
Blinkeyes (1926)
Huntingtower (1927)
Love's Option (1928)
Auld Lang Syne (1929)
East Lynne on the Western Front (1931)
The Third String (1932)
A Shot in the Dark (1933)
The Pointing Finger (1933)
Whispering Tongues (1934)
The River Wolves (1934)
The Four Masked Men (1934)
Open All Night (1934)
Gentlemen's Agreement (1935)
The Ace of Spades (1935)
That's My Uncle (1935)
Once a Thief (1935)
Jubilee Window (1935)
Checkmate (1935)
The Secret Voice (1936)
Wednesday's Luck (1936)
Murder by Rope (1936)
Midnight at Madame Tussaud's (1936)
The Fatal Hour (1937)

Works by John Buchan

Characters

Richard Hannay novels

Edward Leithen novels

Dickson McCunn trilogy

Other fiction

The Half-Hearted (1900)
Prester John (1910)
Salute to Adventurers (1915)
Midwinter (1923)
Witch Wood (1927)
A Prince of the Captivity (1933)
The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy (1984)

Non-fiction

Memory Hold-the-Door (1940)

Adaptations

Films	The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927) Huntingtower (1927) The 39 Steps (1935) The 39 Steps (1959) The Three Hostages (1977) (TV movie) The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) The 39 Steps (2008) (TV movie)

TV series	The Three Hostages (1952) Witch Wood (1954) John Macnab (1976) Huntingtower (1978) Hannay (1988-89)

Other	The 39 Steps (play)

Family

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