The Great Adventure (1921)
An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.
- Date of release
- 1921-01-06
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 0m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy
- Director
- Kenneth S. Webb
Casting
- 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 Lane — Charles Oxford
- Jed Prouty — Mr. Witt
- E.J. Ratcliffe — Lord Leonard Alcar
- Ivo Dawson — Duncan Farll
- Katherine Stewart — Mrs. Leek
Interesting facts
The Great Adventure is a 1921 American silent romantic comedy film produced by Whitman Bennett and distributed by First National Pictures, then called Associated First National. The film was directed by Kenneth Webb and starred Lionel Barrymore. Fredric March made his screen debut in this film. The film is based upon the 1908 novel Buried Alive by Arnold Bennett. It was remade in 1933 as His Double Life starring Lillian Gish. The Great Adventure is a surviving feature film held by the Library of Congress.
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