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1 2 8 P E R S P E C T I V E | J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y 2 0 2 1 RESHOOTS B Y N I K K I R U D L O F F, A S S O C I A T E E D I T O R S E L E C T I O N S F R O M T H E A D G A R C H I V E S A. WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER INTERIOR CASTLE PRODUCTION STILL. B. WALKWAY IN THE INTERIOR CASTLE WITH MARION DAVIES IN WHEN KNIGHTHOOD WAS IN FLOWER. PRODUCTION STILL. IMAGES COURTESY OF THE ADG ARCHIVES A B 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 the play by Paul Kester. The film was produced by William Randolph Hearst (through his Cosmopolitan Productions) for Marion Davies and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The story was re-filmed by Walt Disney in 1953 as The Sword and the Rose, directed by Ken Annakin. When Knighthood Was in Flower tells the story of Mary Tudor (Marion Davies) who is forced by her brother Henry VIII to marry Louis XII as part of a peace agreement. But Princess Mary causes a stir by falling in love with a guardsman below her class. The elaborate production was shot at several studios in the New York area, including the Cosmopolitan Studios in Manhattan, the Jackson Studios in the Bronx, and the Famous Players Studio in Long Island, where a Paris street set was constructed for the film. Joseph Urban was the Art Director for this and many of Marion Davies' films. Urban was a famous Viennese architect who came to America to work with Ziegfeld and the Metropolitan Opera. Hearst brought him to Hollywood to work on 25 films over the years, including Boomerang Bill (1922), The Young Diana (1922), The Great White Way (192) and Zander the Great (1925). Most of Urban's architectural work has been demolished but some still existing buildings are Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida, and the base of the Hearst Tower in New York City.