The Great Adventure (1921 film)
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The Great Adventure is a 1921 silent
film romantic-comedy produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed by First National Pictures, then called Associated First National. The film was directed by Kenneth Webb
and starred Lionel Barrymore
. Fredric March
made his screen debut in this film. Remade in 1933 as His Double Life
starring Lillian Gish
. The Great Adventure is a surviving feature film in the Library of Congress
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Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
film romantic-comedy produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed by First National Pictures, then called Associated First National. The film was directed by Kenneth Webb
Kenneth Webb
Kenneth S. Webb was an American film director, screenwriter, and composer noted for directing a number of films in the early age of the American film industry...
and starred Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore
Lionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
. Fredric March
Fredric March
Fredric March was an American stage and film actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1932 for Dr. Jekyll and Mr...
made his screen debut in this film. Remade in 1933 as His Double Life
His Double Life
His Double Life is a 1933 American comedy-drama film directed by Broadway theatrical impresario Arthur Hopkins, starring Roland Young and Lillian Gish. It is preserved at the Library of Congress, Washington D.C. .- Cast :*Roland Young as Priam Farrel...
starring Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Lillian Diana Gish was an American stage, screen and television actress whose film acting career spanned 75 years, from 1912 to 1987....
. The Great Adventure is a surviving feature film in the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...
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Cast
- Lionel BarrymoreLionel BarrymoreLionel Barrymore was an American actor of stage, screen and radio. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in A Free Soul...
- Priam Farll - Doris RankinDoris RankinDoris Rankin was an American film actress and the younger daughter of actor McKee Rankin and an unnamed actress though Rankin was married to actress Kitty Blanchard. She was married to actor Lionel Barrymore from 1904-1923. Her older sister, Gladys Rankin, was married to Lionel's uncle Sidney Drew...
- Alice Challice - Octavia Broske - Lady Sophia Entwhistle
- Thomas Braidon - Henry Leek
- Arthur Rankin - Leek's Son
- Paul KellyPaul Kelly (actor)Paul Michael Kelly was an American child actor who later as an adult became a stage, film, and television actor.-Child actor:...
- Another Leek Son - Maybeth Carr - Dorothy(a blind child)
- Charles Land - Charles Oxford
- Jed Prouty - Mr. Witt
- E. J. Ratcliffe - Lord Leonard Alcar
- Ivo DawsonIvo Dawson-Selected filmography:* The Miracle of Love * The Truth About Husbands * The Great Adventure * The Princess of New York * The Other Person * The Green Caravan * Bentley's Conscience...
- Duncan Farll - Katherine Stewart - Mrs. Leek