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When Knights Were Bold
(1929) England
B&W : Eight reels / 7213 feet
Directed by Tim Whelan

Cast: Nelson Keys [Sir Guy de Vere], Miriam Seegar [Lady Rowena], Eric Bransby Williams [Sir Brian Ballymore], Wellington Briggs [Widdicombe], Lena Halliday [Lady Walgrave], Martin Adeson [Barker], Hal Gordon [Whittle], Edith Kingdon [Aunt Thornridge], E.L. Frewyn (E.L. Frewen) [Dean], Fanny Wright

British and Dominions Films, Limited, production; distributed by Woolf & Freedman Film Service, Limited. / Produced by Herbert Wilcox. Scenario by Tim Whelan and Herbert Wilcox, from the play When Knights Were Bold by Charles Marlowe. Assistant art director, Lawrence P. Williams. / Released February 1929. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in 1928. / Full-sound film.

Comedy.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 6 August 2024.

References: Gifford-British n. 08547 : Website-IMDb.