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The Glorious Adventure

192270 minUnited KingdomUnited States
DramaAdventure

Synopsis

Returning to claim an inheritance, Hugh Argyle survives an attempt on his life and finds an impostor occupying his place. His reunion with Lady Beatrice becomes entangled with court intrigue, rival claims and danger in Restoration England.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
86:48
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · J. Stuart Blackton · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsJ. Stuart Blackton

Behind the scenes

The film was made in Prizmacolor at Stoll's Cricklewood studios. Its historical spectacle is unrelated to the earlier American film with the same title or to Richard Halliburton's later book.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 16, 2026.

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  • Diana Manners — Unknown author Unknown author; This image is available from the United States Library of Congress 's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID ggbain.50493 . This tag does not indicate the copyright status of the attached work. A normal copyright tag is still required. See Commons:Licensing . · Public domain
  • Gerald Lawrence — Rotary Photo c1905; Scanned from a postcard in my collection · Public domain
  • Victor McLaglen — Los Angeles Times · CC BY 4.0

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