The Glorious Adventure
About The Glorious Adventure
Walter Roderick and his man Bulfinch plot to impersonate Sir Hugh Argyle and take his title, his money, and Lady Beatrice Fair. Beatrice, cheated out of the last of her estate, marries a condemned man at Newgate so her debts will die with him. The prisoner is Bulfinch. During the Great Fire of London in 1666 the prisoners get out. Bulfinch carries Beatrice to a crypt under St. Paul's, throws Roderick into the flames, and is followed there by the real Hugh, whom Stephanie Dangerfield leads to the church.
Cast & crew
More about The Glorious Adventure
J. Stuart Blackton directed and produced. Felix Orman wrote the script. Walter Murton designed the sets. Shot at Stoll's Cricklewood Studios. The whole feature was made in Prizmacolor, with inventor William V. D. Kelley supervising. Released in Britain on April 23, 1922, and in the United States on August 27, 1922.
Themes
Reviews
Exhibitors Trade Review of May 6, 1922 said the Prizmacolor was most convincing in the Great Fire, when the flames reflected on buildings and people in the street.
Technique
The feature was photographed entirely in Prizmacolor under William V. D. Kelley, who invented the process.
Preservation
A Wikimedia Commons file of the film is online. Silent-era color prints of Prizmacolor features are otherwise scarce; this title's surviving copy is the Commons transfer.
Notes
- Diana Manners plays Lady Beatrice Fair. Gerald Lawrence plays Hugh Argyle. Cecil Humphreys plays Walter Roderick. Victor McLaglen plays Bulfinch.
- Lois Sturt plays Nell Gwyn. William Luff plays King Charles II. Alice Crawford plays Stephanie Dangerfield.
- Advertising called it the first all-color feature-length film.
- Stoll handled the British release. United Artists handled the American release.
- Wikidata also lists the United States as a country of origin.
Scenes
- Beatrice marries Bulfinch through the bars at Newgate.
- Bulfinch carries her through the burning streets to the crypt of St. Paul's.
