The Great Adventure
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Kenneth Webb
Director
Lionel Barrymore
Priam Farll
Doris Rankin
Alice Challice
Octavia Broske
Lady Sophia Entwhistle
Thomas Braidon
Henry Leek
Arthur Rankin
Leek's son
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Adventure
Release Date
Jan
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Whitman Bennett Productions
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Buried Alive; a Tale of These Days by Arnold Bennett, Arnold Bennett (London, 1908) The Great Adventure, a Play of Fancy in Four Acts .
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5,627ft
(6 reels)
Synopsis
Hounded by publicity seekers, Priam Farll, the greatest painter of his day, finds the anonymity he seeks by assuming the identity of his deceased valet, Henry Leek. He is ejected from Westminster Abbey for creating a disturbance during his "own" elaborate funeral, and young widow Alice Challice nurses his consequent injuries. Priam marries Alice for her meager income and grows to love her, but he cannot escape fame when he again begins to paint and a dealer identifies his work. Priam finally accepts his fate--happily, with Alice at his side.
Director
Kenneth Webb
Director
Cast
Lionel Barrymore
Priam Farll
Doris Rankin
Alice Challice
Octavia Broske
Lady Sophia Entwhistle
Thomas Braidon
Henry Leek
Arthur Rankin
Leek's son
Paul Kelly
Another Leek son
Maybeth Carr
Dorothy, a blind child
Charles Land
Charles Oxford
Jed Prouty
Mr. Witt
E. J. Ratcliffe
Lord Leonard Alcar
Ivo Dawson
Duncan Farll
Katherine Stewart
Mrs. Leek
Crew
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Adventure
Release Date
Jan
1921
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Whitman Bennett Productions
Distribution Company
Associated First National Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play Buried Alive; a Tale of These Days by Arnold Bennett, Arnold Bennett (London, 1908) The Great Adventure, a Play of Fancy in Four Acts .
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Theatrical Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Film Length
5,627ft
(6 reels)
