When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
2h 1m
Running Time
September 15, 1922Release Date
When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)
2h 1m
Running Time
September 15, 1922Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.
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Cast & Crew.
Marion Davies
Mary Tudor
Lyn Harding
King Henry VIII
William Norris
King Louis XII
Theresa Maxwell Conover
Queen Catherine
William Norris
King Louis XII
Pedro de Cordoba
Duke of Buckingham
Forrest Stanley
Charles Brandon
Ruth Shepley
Lady Jane Bolingbroke
Robert G. Vignola
Director
Luther Reed
Writer
Ernest Glendinning
Sir Edwin Caskoden
Charles Major
Writer
Arthur Forrest
Cardinal Wolsey
William LeBaron
Writer
Johnny Dooley
Will Sommers
William Frederick Peters
Composer
William Kent
King's Tailor
Charles K. Gerrard
Sir Adam Judson
Ira H. Morgan
Cinematographer
Arthur Donaldson
Sir Henry Brandon
Downing Clarke
Lord Chamberlain
Macey Harlam
Duc de Longueville
William Powell
Francis I
George Nash
An Adventurer
Gustav von Seyffertitz
Grammont
Paul Panzer
Captain of the Guard
Guy Coombs
Follower of Buckingham
Frank Reda
Page Boy
Betty Borders
Woman (uncredited)
Betty Brown
Extra (uncredited)
Flora Finch
French Countess (uncredited)
George Ogle
(uncredited)
Dorothy Portingall
(uncredited)
Andrew Quirk
Courtier (uncredited)
Mortimer Snow
(uncredited)
Harold Wenstrom
Director of Photography
Joseph Urban
Art Direction / Set Decoration
Harry Redmond Sr.
Special Effects
Gretl Urban Thurlow
Costume Design
Arthur Scanlon
Sculptor / Props
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
When Knighthood Was in Flower is a 1922 American silent historical film directed by Robert G. Vignola, based on the novel by Charles Major and play by Paul Kester. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst (through his Cosmopolitan Productions) for Marion Davies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. This was William Powell's second film. The story was re-filmed by Walt Disney in 1953 as The Sword and the Rose, directed by Ken Annakin.