The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous

The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous
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Directed byFrederick G. Becker[1]
Screenplay byRobert N. Lee[2]
Produced byClem Beauchamp[2]
StarringBessie Love
Arthur Trimble
CinematographyHal Mohr[1]
Production
company
Arthur Trimble Productions[3]
Distributed byAnchor Film Distributors
Release date
  • April 7, 1923 (1923-04-07) (The Little Knight)[4]
Running time
2 reels[5] (each film)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Budget$22,000[6] (each film)

The Strange Adventures of Prince Courageous, also known as The Adventures of Prince Courageous,[7] is a 1923 American silent fantasy film series[8] starring Bessie Love and five-year-old[9] Arthur Trimble, directed by Frederick G. Becker.

Although it was planned to be a series of 12 two-reelers,[10] only three films were made:[11][12][13] The Little Knight, The Love Charm, and The Crown of Courage (also referred to as The Crown and Courage).[13] A fourth film, The Little Defender, is documented in publications from as early as the 1930s,[14][15][16] but is most likely an alternate title for The Crown of Courage.

The Little Knight is preserved at the Harvard Film Archive,[17] and The Little Defender is rare, but commercially available.[18] The preservation status of "Love Charm" is unknown.

  1. ^ a b Love 1977, p. 151
  2. ^ a b "Prince Courageous". Holly Leaves. Vol. 11, no. 34. September 2, 1922. p. 34.
  3. ^ "Jessen's Studio Notes by Wire". Motion Picture News. Vol. 26, no. 9. August 26, 1922. p. 1020.
  4. ^ "Short Subjects". Exhibitors Herald. April 7, 1923. p. 89.
  5. ^ "Short Subjects". Motion Picture News. Vol. 27, no. 9. March 3, 1923. p. 1094.
  6. ^ "Loaning Her Out". Close-Up. Vol. 8, no. 3. August 20, 1922. p. 12.
  7. ^ "Signs Bessie Love". Moving Picture World. Vol. 58, no. 3. September 16, 1922. p. 200.
  8. ^ "Lee Writing Fourth 'Script for Trimble". Motion Picture News. Vol. 26, no. 26. December 23, 1922. p. 3231.
  9. ^ "Costume Screen Plays Rapidly Coming to Front". The Omaha Morning Bee. Omaha, Nebraska. September 3, 1922. p. 5-C – via Library of Congress.
  10. ^ "Coast Brevities". The Film Daily. Vol. 21, no. 45. August 15, 1922. p. 10.
  11. ^ "Kipling Signs Arthur Trimble". The Film Daily. Vol. 24, no. 64. June 4, 1923. p. 2.
  12. ^ "Short Subjects". Exhibitors Herald. Vol. 16, no. 15. April 7, 1923. p. 89.
  13. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference exhibitorst00newy was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference nfl57 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ See and Hear: The Journal on Audio-Visual Learning. Eau Claire, WI: E.M. Hale and Co. 1945. p. 48.
  16. ^ "Jim Thompson Co. Home Movies Library, The Little Defender". Knox County Public Library: Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection.
  17. ^ "little knight". Harvard University HOLLIS.
  18. ^ "Unidentified Bessie Love and Arthur Trimble abridgement". NitrateVille.