A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921 film)
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Theatrical poster featuring star Harry Myers with the spirit of Mark Twain peering over his shoulder
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| Directed by | Emmett J. Flynn |
| Produced by | William Fox |
| Written by | Berhard McConville |
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain |
| Starring |
Harry Myers Pauline Starke Rosemary Theby George Siegmann |
| Cinematography | Lucien Andriot |
| Edited by | C.R. Wallace |
| Distributed by | Fox Film |
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80+ minutes 8 reels (8,291 feet) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English Intertitle |
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1921 American silent film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The film was produced by the Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) and directed by Emmett J. Flynn based on a screenplay by Bernard McConville. It is notable as the first film adaptation of Twain's novel and as the first film about time travel to the past.
The film stars Harry Myers as the titular Yankee Martin Cavendish. After reading Twain's novel, Cavendish dreams that he, like Twain's protagonist Henry Morgan, is transported back to the time of King Arthur (Charles Clary), where he must use modern know-how to outwit the king's foes Morgan le Fay (Rosemary Theby) and Merlin (William V. Mong). The screenplay modernizes the novel with many contemporary references, including mentions of Ford Model Ts, the Volstead Act, and the Battle of the Argonne Forest. The film was popular, and its success likely encouraged Fox to produce the later sound film adaptation of the novel, A Connecticut Yankee. According to author Barbara Leaming, the film's hanging scene inspired Tom Hepburn, brother of Katharine Hepburn, to commit suicide in 1921.
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