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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
(1921) United States of America
B&W : Eight reels / 2527.1 metres
Directed by Emmett J. Flynn

Cast: Harry C. Myers [Martin Cavendish], Pauline Starke [Sandy], Rosemary Theby [Queen Morgan le Fay], Charles Clary [King Arthur], William V. Mong [Merlin], George Siegmann [Sir Sagramore], Charles Gordon [Clarence, the page], Karl Formes [Mark Twain], Herbert Fortier [Mr. Cavendish], Adele Farrington [Mrs. Cavendish], Wilfred McDonald [Sir Lancelot]

Fox Film Corporation production; distributed by Fox Film Corporation. / Produced by William Fox. Scenario by Bernard McConville, from the novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court by Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens). Art direction by Ralph De Lacy. Assistant director, Ray Flynn. Cinematography by Lucien N. Andriot. Film editor, C.R. Wallace. Presented by William Fox. / Released 14 March 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Comedy: Fantasy.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost : Print exists [incomplete (reels 2, 4 and 7 only)].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Authors: Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835-1910) - Knights - Royalty: Kings, Queens - Science fiction - United Kingdom: England

Listing updated: 24 July 2008.

References: Kerr-Silent pp. 310, 311; Skretvedt-Magic p. 125; Weaver-Twenty p. 309 : Website-IMDb.