Ivanhoe
About Ivanhoe
Wilfred of Ivanhoe comes home from the Crusades in disguise and finds Lady Rowena still faithful. Isaac of York and his daughter Rebecca are taken in at Sir Cedric's castle, then carried off to Torquilstone once the knights learn Isaac has money. Cedric and Rowena are taken too. Ivanhoe meets Robin Hood and the Black Knight, who is King Richard. They beat Brian de Bois-Guilbert's men. De Bois-Guilbert escapes with Rebecca and charges her with sorcery. Ivanhoe beats him in single combat. Richard reveals himself and takes the crown back from Prince John. Ivanhoe marries Rowena. Rebecca watches the wedding.
Cast & crew
More about Ivanhoe
Herbert Brenon directed and adapted Walter Scott's 1819 novel. Carl Laemmle produced it at IMP after the company had gone into Universal, which distributed it. Released September 22, 1913, four reels. Shot in Britain, in and around Chepstow Castle. King Baggot plays Ivanhoe. Leah Baird plays Rebecca. Brenon plays Isaac. Evelyn Hope plays Rowena. Walter Craven plays Richard. Wallace Widdicombe plays de Bois-Guilbert. Walter Thomas plays Robin Hood. Wallace Bosco plays Cedric.
Themes
Look
The castle scenes were shot at Chepstow Castle in Monmouthshire.
Preservation
A print is preserved at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Notes
- Brenon acts Isaac as well as directing.
- The tournament country is Wales and the west of England, at Chepstow, not a California castle.
- A print is at the Museum of Modern Art.
- Rowena is the bride. Rebecca is at the wedding, not the wife.
Scenes
- Isaac and Rebecca are dragged to Torquilstone.
- Ivanhoe fights de Bois-Guilbert for the sorcery charge.
- Richard drops the disguise.
Influenced by
- Walter Scott's Ivanhoe (1819)
Also available
- Museum of Modern Art
