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  • In the Days of Chivalry (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Romance, Short
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In the Days of Chivalry (1911)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short
The story begins with the rescue of a beautiful captive maiden from a band of his own soldiers by the son of the reigning duke. He brings the girl to his father and asks that he be allowed to wed her. And here their troubles begin. The ...See moreThe story begins with the rescue of a beautiful captive maiden from a band of his own soldiers by the son of the reigning duke. He brings the girl to his father and asks that he be allowed to wed her. And here their troubles begin. The maiden is incontinently cast into a dungeon by the irate father, despite the pleas of the young man, but she escapes by means of a rope which she makes from torn-up strips of the blanket that covers her rude bed. In the meantime, the young man has made a bargain with his father; he will lead the old man's forces against the enemy on the condition that if he comes back triumphant he may have the girl of his choice. He does come back triumphant and with a royal captive. We see him approach the castle, the draw-bridge is lowered and the father comes out to meet his son. But when he learns that the battle has been won and that the son has kept his part of the bargain he still refuses to fulfill his part, and a quarrel ensues between them. The young man is put into close confinement by the old duke and only released when news comes that the captive girl has escaped. Then, feeling that she is out of the way, the father betroths the young man, against his will, to a princess, but the youth slips away from the betrothal ceremony, and mounting his fleet white horse, rides off across the country in search of the little lady of his heart's desire. Of course he finds her, in a bower of flowers in the woods, and then they take ship for other lands. But the pirates attack them and carry away the girl, and when the battle is over the young duke knows not where to search for her. He returns disconsolate to his ancestral home to find his father dead and himself become the ruling duke. Meantime, the girl has been taken by the pirates to the court of Carthage. There she is recognizes as the long-lost daughter of the king of that country. Once more a parent tries to overrule Cupid, and the little maiden is unwillingly betrothed to a suitor provided by her father. But she has not forgotten her faithful lover in other lands, and borrowing the suite of a harper, she escapes from her father's court and wanders through the lands, playing her way and singing to the natives, till she reaches the castle of Biaucaire, where the new duke reigns. The final scene shows the reunion of the lovers. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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J. Searle Dawley
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Updated Jan 3, 1911
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Jan 3, 1911 (United States)

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