A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
April 6, 1931Release Date
A Connecticut Yankee (1931)
April 6, 1931Release Date
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Will Rogers
Hank Martin
William Farnum
King Arthur / Inventor
Frank Albertson
Emile le Poulet / Clarence
Maureen O'Sullivan
Alisande / Woman in Mansion
Brandon Hurst
Merlin / Doctor in Mansion
Myrna Loy
Queen Morgan le Fay / Evil Sister in Mansion
Mitchell Harris
Sagramor / Butler in Mansion
Stanley Blystone
King's Knight (uncredited)
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Release DateApril 6, 1931
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Content RatingNR
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A Connecticut Yankee is a 1931 American Pre-Code film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was directed by David Butler to a script by William M. Conselman, Owen Davis, and Jack Moffitt. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox), who had earlier produced the 1921 silent adaptation of the novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. A Connecticut Yankee is the first sound film adaptation of Twain's novel. It is unrelated to the 1927 musical also titled A Connecticut Yankee.
As in The Wizard of Oz, many of the actors in the film play more than one role, a character in the real world and one in the dream world. The film stars Will Rogers as Hank Martin, an American accidental time traveler who finds himself in Camelot back in the days of King Arthur (William Farnum, a Fox star for many years). Myrna Loy and Brandon Hurst play the evil Morgan le Fay and Merlin, who must be overcome by Hank's modern technical knowledge, while Maureen O'Sullivan plays Alisande.
The hero's name was changed from Hank Morgan to Hank Martin, possibly because the original name sounded too similar to that of actor Frank Morgan.A trailer for the film exists at the Library of Congress.