The Real Adventure

The Real Adventure
Film poster
Directed byKing Vidor
Written byMildred Considine
Based onThe Real Adventure
by Henry Kitchell Webster
Produced byKing Vidor
StarringFlorence Vidor
CinematographyGeorge Barnes
Distributed byAssociated Exhibitors
Release date
  • May 28, 1922 (1922-05-28)
Running time
50 minutes; 5 reels (4,932 feet)
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Florence Vidor, director King Vidor, and cinematographer George Barnes, on location in Pinecrest, California

The Real Adventure is a 1922 American silent drama film directed by King Vidor,[1] based on the best-selling novel by Henry Kitchell Webster that was serialized in 1915 and published as a book in 1916. A print of the film is held by the Cinémathèque de Toulous.[2] In February 2020, the film was shown at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, as part of a retrospective dedicated to King Vidor's career.[3]

  1. ^ Progressive Silent Film List: The Real Adventure at silentera.com
  2. ^ "The Real Adventure". American Silent Feature Film Survival Database. Retrieved January 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "Berlinale 2020: Retrospective "King Vidor"". Berlinale. Retrieved February 28, 2020.