When Knights Were Bold
- by Frank Miller (early screenwriter), directed by Maurice Elvey
- Feature Film
- Romance, Comedy
- Adults
- Debatable Time Travel
- English
- When Knights Were Bold by Frank Miller (early screenwriter), directed by Maurice Elvey (at movie theaters, UK, May 1916).
. . . we thought [Kenilworth Castle] might account for the cold in the head which was the cause of Sir Guy’s tribulations [possibly his dream or trip to the past]. . . . The story of the play has been followed closely, and the humour of its situations and much of its dialogue skilfully preserved, while the more spacious setting provides opportunities for many effective scenes which add greatly to its interest.
—from The Bioscope, 10 August 1916
Tags
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- Time Periods
- Middle Ages (AD 476 to 1454)
- Circa AD 1900 to 1929: presumed time period
- Time Travel Methods
- Possible Dream, Hallucination, et al.: a strong possibility given the source material of When Knights Were Bold
- Themes
- People from Different Times Look Exactly Alike: Rowena and de Vere are played by the Janet Ross and James Welch, past and present.
Variants
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- When Knights Were Bold by Frank Miller (early screenwriter), directed by Maurice Elvey (at movie theaters, UK, May 1916).
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written by
Frank Miller (early screenwriter)
Harriet Jay as by Charles Marlowe (based on a work by)
Robert Buchanan [uncredited] (based on a work by)
Previous Works
Indexer Notes
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- Classification—just a guess that this is a feature film (more than 40 minutes) based on a newspaper ad stating that it is a “four-reel London film production.”
- Credits—It’s almost certain that Robert Buchanan was uncredited; the IMDb indicates with no reference that Harriet Jay was credited as Charles Marlowe.
