| Adventurous Knights | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Charles E. Roberts |
| Written by | David Sharpe Charles E. Roberts |
| Produced by | William Berke |
| Starring | David Sharpe Gertrude Messinger Mary Kornman |
| Cinematography | Robert E. Cline |
| Edited by | Arthur A. Brooks |
| Music by | Lee Zahler |
Production company | William Berke Productions |
| Distributed by | Ajax Pictures |
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Running time | 56 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Adventurous Knights is a 1935 American comedy adventure film directed by Charles E. Roberts and starring David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger and Mary Kornman. [1] It was parody reworking of The Prisoner of Zenda . [2] 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. [3]
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.