# Adventurous Knights

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{{short description|1935 film directed by Charles E. Roberts}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Adventurous Knights
| image =

| caption = 
| director = [Charles E. Roberts](/source/Charles_E._Roberts_(writer))
| producer = [William Berke](/source/William_Berke)
| writer = David Sharpe	<br> Charles E. Roberts
| narrator =
| starring = [David Sharpe](/source/David_Sharpe_(actor)) <br> [Gertrude Messinger](/source/Gertrude_Messinger) <br> [Mary Kornman](/source/Mary_Kornman)
| music =[Lee Zahler](/source/Lee_Zahler)
| cinematography = [Robert E. Cline](/source/Robert_E._Cline)
| editing = [Arthur A. Brooks](/source/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](/source/comedy_film) [adventure film](/source/adventure_film) directed by [Charles E. Roberts](/source/Charles_E._Roberts_(writer)) and starring  [David Sharpe](/source/David_Sharpe_(actor)), [Gertrude Messinger](/source/Gertrude_Messinger) and [Mary Kornman](/source/Mary_Kornman).<ref>Pitts p.126</ref> It was parody reworking of ''[The Prisoner of Zenda](/source/The_Prisoner_of_Zenda)''.<ref>Balio p.342</ref> It was intended to be the first of six films featuring former [Our Gang](/source/Our_Gang) actors produced for [Poverty Row](/source/Poverty_Row) studio  Ajax Pictures, but only this and ''[Roaring Roads](/source/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](/source/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](/source/David_Sharpe_(actor)) as David De Portola
* [Gertrude Messinger](/source/Gertrude_Messinger) as 	Princess Carmencita
* [Mary Kornman](/source/Mary_Kornman) as Annette
* [Mickey Daniels](/source/Mickey_Daniels) as 	Mickey Daniels
* [Roger Williams](/source/Roger_Williams_(actor)) as 	Black Prince
* [Eddie Phillips](/source/Eddie_Phillips_(actor)) as 	Henchman
* [Al Thompson](/source/Al_Thompson) as Parkins - the Butler

==References==
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==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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