Beverly of Graustark

The 1914 version of the 1904 novel by george mccutcheon. He had also written the original brewster's millions, which has also been remade numerous times! This 1914 version of beverly of graustark currently only seems to be available at the library of congress link loc dot gov item 2012600253 which is very silent, and the sound track of music seems to be lost as well. The picture quality is pretty bad, but maybe it will be restored at some point. Turner classics also shows the 1926 restored version occasionally, starring the larger than life marion davies and antonio moreno. In this early version, beverly is hiding out, while the rightful ruler dantan has also escaped, and is posing as a goat herder. Some fun locations used... would be interesting to know where they were done. Honestly, it's a little tough to make it through this one, with no sound at all, and such bad picture quality, but at almost 110 years, we're lucky it's still around in any form. There's a love triangle, or quadrangle going on. Sadly, there are summary cards now and then, with very few dialog cards, so we never really know exactly what's going on. Not sure what to rate this version, but it's a required field, so will give it a 6... hopefully it will be restored at some point, if more copies are found. Stars linda arvidson, huge film star, who was married to another huge hollywood mover and shaker, d.w. Griffith for thirty years. The trivia section here says there's another remake planned for 2025!