Adventurous Knights

Adventurous Knights is a 1935 American comedy adventure film directed by Charles E. Roberts and starring David Sharpe, Gertrude Messinger and Mary Kornman.^[1] It was parody reworking of The Prisoner of Zenda.^[2] It was intended to be the first of six films featuring former Our Gang actors produced for Poverty Row studio Ajax Pictures, but only this and Roaring Roads were ever made.^[3]

Adventurous Knights
Directed by	Charles E. Roberts
Written by	David Sharpe Charles E. Roberts
Produced by	William Berke
Starring	David Sharpe Gertrude Messinger Mary Kornman
Cinematography	Robert E. Cline
Edited by	Arthur A. Brooks
Music by	Lee Zahler
Production company	William Berke Productions
Distributed by	Ajax Pictures
Release date	June 7, 1935 (1935-06-07)
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

A successful American college athlete discovers that he is really the heir to the throne of a small Ruritanian European Kingdom. He travels there to take up his duties and see off a challenge from a pretender. He is appalled to discover that he has to marry a girl he has never seen before, without realizing he has met and fallen in love with her already.

Cast

• David Sharpe as David De Portola
• Gertrude Messinger as Princess Carmencita
• Mary Kornman as Annette
• Mickey Daniels as Mickey Daniels
• Roger Williams as Black Prince
• Eddie Phillips as Henchman
• Al Thompson as Parkins - the Butler