The Glorious Adventure (1922 film)
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The Glorious Adventure (1922
) is a US/UK feature film
directed by J. Stuart Blackton
, written by Felix Orman.
, and starred Lady Diana Manners, Gerald Lawrence
, Cecil Humphreys
, and Victor McLaglen
, and was released by United Artists
.
Neither this film nor the 1918 Samuel Goldwyn
version have any relation to the famous book The Glorious Adventure (1927) by Richard Halliburton
.
1922 in film
-Events:* June 11 - United States première of Robert J. Flaherty's Nanook of the North, the first commercially successful feature length documentary film....
) is a US/UK feature film
Feature film
In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...
directed by J. Stuart Blackton
J. Stuart Blackton
James Stuart Blackton , usually known as J. Stuart Blackton, was an Anglo-American film producer of the Silent Era, the founder of Vitagraph Studios and among the first filmmakers to use the techniques of stop-motion and drawn animation...
, written by Felix Orman.
Production background
The film was made entirely in PrizmacolorPrizma
The Prizma Color system was a technique of color motion picture photography, invented in 1913 by William Van Doren Kelley and Charles Raleigh. Initially, it was a two-color additive color system, similar to its predecessor, Kinemacolor...
, and starred Lady Diana Manners, Gerald Lawrence
Gerald Lawrence
-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Romany Rye * A Bunch of Violets * The Glorious Adventure * The Iron Duke...
, Cecil Humphreys
Cecil Humphreys
-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck...
, and Victor McLaglen
Victor McLaglen
Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:...
, and was released by United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
.
Neither this film nor the 1918 Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...
version have any relation to the famous book The Glorious Adventure (1927) by Richard Halliburton
Richard Halliburton
Richard Halliburton was an American traveler, adventurer, and author. Best known today for having swum the length of the Panama Canal and paying the lowest toll in its history—thirty-six cents—Halliburton was headline news for most of his brief career...
.
Cast
- Diana Manners - Lady Beatrice Fair
- Gerald LawrenceGerald Lawrence-Selected filmography:* The Harbour Lights * Enoch Arden * The Romany Rye * A Bunch of Violets * The Glorious Adventure * The Iron Duke...
- Hugh Argyle - Cecil HumphreysCecil Humphreys-Selected filmography:* The Elusive Pimpernel * The Tavern Knight * Greatheart * The Four Just Men * Dick Turpin's Ride to York * The Glorious Adventure * Irish Luck...
- Walter Roderick - Victor McLaglenVictor McLaglenVictor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen was an English boxer and World War I veteran who became a successful film actor.Towards the end of his life he was naturalised as a U.S. citizen.-Early life:...
- Bulfinch - Alice Crawford - Stephanie Dangerfield
- Lois Sturt - Nell Gwyn
- William Luff - King Charles II
- Fred E. WrightFred E. WrightFred E. Wright was president of the Optical Society of America from 1918-1919.-External links:*...
- Humpty - Elizabeth Beerbohm - Barbara Castlemaine
- Flora le BretonFlora Le BretonFlora le Breton was an English silent film actress from Croydon, Surrey, England. She was blonde with dark blue eyes. In her own country she was called the English Mary Pickford.-Heritage:...
- Rosemary - Lennox PawleLennox Pawle-Selected filmography:* All the Sad World Needs * The Admirable Crichton * The Temptress * The Glorious Adventure * David Copperfield * Sylvia Scarlett...
- Samuel Pepys - Haidee WrightHaidee WrightHaidee Wright as Ada Wright was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. Came from a family of actors. Had a long career in the UK and the US much Broadway work with occasional parts in films. Her parents and many siblings were actors...
- Mrs. Bullfinch - Rudolph De CordovaRudolph de CordovaRudolph de Cordova was a Jamaican-born British writer, screenwriter and actor. He was married to the writer Alicia Ramsey and collaborated with her on several plays. Cordova was born in Kingston, the son of a prominent merchant. He went to London to study medicine in the 1880s, but stoon abandoned...
- Thomas Unwin - Lawford DavidsonLawford Davidson-Selected filmography:* The Garden of Resurrection * The Lure of Crooning Water * The Starlit Garden * The Passionate Friends * The Great Well * The Patent Leather Kid...
- Lord Fitzroy - Rosalie Heath - Catherine of Braganza
- Gertrude SterrollGertrude Sterroll-Selected filmography:* The Shadow Between * Lorna Doone * Dicky Monteith * The Glorious Adventure * The Wine of Life * A Romance of Mayfair * A Daughter in Revolt...
- Duchess Constance of Moreland - Tom Heslewood - Solomon Eagle
- Marjorie Day - Olivia
- Geoffrey Clinton - Charles Hart
- Tom CoventryTom Coventry-Selected filmography:* A Fortune at Stake * The House of Peril * Paddy the Next Best Thing * Dixon's Return * Claude Duval * The Wonderful Wooing * The Squire of Long Hadley...
- Leclerc - Jeff BarlowJeff Barlow-Selected filmography:* Rupert of Hentzau * Bonnie Mary * The Splendid Coward * Castles in Spain * Beyond the Dreams of Avarice * The Further Exploits of Sexton Blake: The Mystery of the S.S...
- The King's chief valet - John Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough EastJohn Marlborough East was a British stage and film actor. He was an early film star who received over 3,000 votes in Picturegoer magazine's 1916 contest to establish the "Greatest British Film Player". He was a founder of the Neptune Studios in Borehamwood which is today the site of Elstree...
- The King's major domo - Violet Virginia Blackton - Lady Beatrice
- Craig Gordon - Courtier