When Knights Were Bold (1936 film)

When Knights Were Bold
Directed by	Jack Raymond
Produced by	Max Schach C.M. Woolf
Written by	Harriett Jay (play) Douglas Furber Austin Parker
Starring	Jack Buchanan Fay Wray Garry Marsh
Music by	Harry Perritt
Cinematography	Freddie Young
Edited by	Frederick Wilson
Production company	Capitol Film Corporation
Distributed by	General Film Distributors
Release dates	19 February 1936
Running time	76 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

When Knights Were Bold is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray and Garry Marsh. Sir Guy de Vere inherits his father's estate while serving with the British army in India. He returns home to take up his new role, but is greeted with hostility by his family and servants.

Production

The film was made at Elstree Studios by the independent Capitol Film production company.^[1] Buchanan had recently left his contract with producer Herbert Wilcox with whom he had enjoyed a number of hit releases. It was based on the 1906 play When Knights Were Bold by Harriett Jay. The film's sets were designed by the art director Charles Wilfred Arnold. Some scenes were shot on location at Warwick Castle.^[2]

Cast

• Jack Buchanan as Sir Guy De Vere
• Fay Wray as Lady Rowena
• Garry Marsh as Brian Ballymoat
• Kate Cutler as Aunt Agatha
• Martita Hunt as Aunt Esther
• Robert Horton as Cousin Bertie
• Aubrey Mather as The Canon
• Aubrey Fitzgerald as Barker, butler
• Robert Nainby as Whittle, the 'boy'
• Moore Marriott as The Tramp
• Charles Paton as The Mayor

References

1. Wood p.88
2. Low p.200

External links

• When Knights Were Bold at the Internet Movie Database

Bibliography

• Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
• Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.