{{short description|1935 film directed by Charles E. Roberts}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Adventurous Knights | image =
| caption = | director = Charles E. Roberts | producer = William Berke | writer = David Sharpe <br> Charles E. Roberts | narrator = | starring = David Sharpe <br> Gertrude Messinger <br> Mary Kornman | music =Lee Zahler | cinematography = Robert E. Cline | editing = Arthur A. Brooks | studio = William Berke Productions | distributor = Ajax Pictures | released = {{Film date|1935|06|07}} | runtime = 56 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Adventurous Knights''''' is a 1935 American comedy adventure film directed by Charles E. Roberts and starring David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger and Mary Kornman.<ref>Pitts p.126</ref> It was parody reworking of ''The Prisoner of Zenda''.<ref>Balio p.342</ref> It was intended to be the first of six films featuring former Our Gang actors produced for Poverty Row studio Ajax Pictures, but only this and ''Roaring Roads'' were ever made.<ref>https://catalog.afi.com/Film/4395-ADVENTUROUS-KNIGHTS?sid=8be1fe44-d517-4474-bb14-306ebbdbe57a&sr=11.871593&cp=1&pos=0</ref>
==Plot== A successful American college athlete discovers that he is really the heir to the throne of a small Ruritanian European Kingdom. He travels there to take up his duties and see off a challenge from a pretender. He is appalled to discover that he has to marry a girl he has never seen before, without realizing he has met and fallen in love with her already.
==Cast== * David Sharpe as David De Portola * Gertrude Messinger as Princess Carmencita * Mary Kornman as Annette * Mickey Daniels as Mickey Daniels * Roger Williams as Black Prince * Eddie Phillips as Henchman * Al Thompson as Parkins - the Butler
==References== {{reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Balio, Tino. ''Grand Design: Hollywood as a Modern Business Enterprise, 1930-1939''. University of California Press, 1995. * Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940''. McFarland & Company, 1997.
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0026039}}
Category:1935 films Category:1935 comedy films Category:1935 English-language films Category:American comedy films Category:Films directed by Charles E. Roberts Category:1935 American films Category:Films produced by William Berke Category:English-language comedy films
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