When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922 film) When Knighthood Was in Flower (1922 film) When Knighthood Was in Flower is a 1922 silent historical film based on the novel "When Knighthood Was in Flower" by Charles Major and play by Paul Kester. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst (or his Cosmopolitan Productions) for his "live-in companion" Marion Davies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The director was veteran Robert G. Vignola, who helmed several of Davies' costume romances. This was William Powell's second film. The story was re-filmed in the sound era in 1953 as "The Sword and the Rose" by Ken Annakin. Exteriors were shot
When Knighthood Was in Flower (novel) Broadway play and by 1907 "When Knighthood Was in Flower" was still being printed by the reprint publisher, Grosset & Dunlap, when the film rights were sold to Biograph Studios. It was sometimes known by the title When Knights Were Bold and should not be confused with the 1906 play "When Knights Were Bold" which also inspired several film adaptations. Set during the Tudor period of English history, "When Knighthood Was in Flower" tells the tribulations of Mary Tudor, a younger sister of Henry VIII of England who has fallen in love with a commoner. However, for political reasons, King