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A Connecticut Yankee at the Movies
- Arthuriana
- Scriptorium Press
- Volume 29, Number 2, Summer 2019
- pp. 64-85
- 10.1353/art.2019.0020
- Article
- Additional Information
Abstract:
Each film adaptation of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court has reshaped and updated the classic story to reflect the concerns of its age. Of special interest in the history of Connecticut Yankee films are the production of the first film adaptation, a silent version made by Fox (directed by Emmett Flynn, and released in late 1920), and the development through three different scripts of the first sound version in 1931. (BTL)