When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922)

5.8/10 121 min Drama Romance

Overview

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.

Cast

Marion Davies

Mary Tudor

Forrest Stanley

Charles Brandon

Lyn Harding

Henry VIII

Theresa Maxwell Conover

Queen Catherine

Pedro de Cordoba

Duke of Buckingham

Ernest Glendinning

Sir Edwin Caskoden

Johnny Dooley

Will Sommers

Charles K. Gerrard

Sir Adam Judson

Arthur Donaldson

Sir Henry Brandon

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

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