--- title: 'A Connecticut Yankee (1931)' type: 'film' director: 'David Butler' released: '1931-01-01' runtime_minutes: 95 genres: - 'Fantasy' - 'Adventure' - 'Science Fiction' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-connecticut-yankee-1931' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021759/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # A Connecticut Yankee (1931) 1931 · 95 min · Fantasy, Adventure, Science Fiction · United States ## Synopsis A Connecticut Yankee is a 1931 American pre-Code fantasy comedy film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. It was directed by David Butler to a script by William M. Conselman, Owen Davis, and Jack Moffitt. It was produced by Fox Film Corporation, who had earlier produced the 1921 silent adaptation of the novel, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. A Connecticut Yankee is the first sound film adaptation of Twain's novel. It is unrelated to the 1927 musical also titled A Connecticut Yankee. ## Credits - **Director:** [David Butler](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-butler-2) - **Screenplay:** [William Conselman](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-conselman) - **Producer:** [William Fox](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-fox-2) - **Director of Photography:** [Ernest Palmer](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-palmer-2) ## Cast - [Heinie Conklin](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinie-conklin) as Sneezing Man - [Brandon Hurst](https://cinepixo.com/people/brandon-hurst) as Merlin - [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond) - [Rosina Lawrence](https://cinepixo.com/people/rosina-lawrence) - [William Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-farnum) as King Arthur - [Richard Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-alexander) - [Maureen O'Sullivan](https://cinepixo.com/people/maureen-o-sullivan) as Alisande/Woman in Mansion - [Myrna Loy](https://cinepixo.com/people/myrna-loy) as Morgan le Fay - [Frank Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-albertson) as Emile le Poulet/Clarence - [Will Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-rogers) as Hank Martin ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-connecticut-yankee-1931 Film facts: Wikidata (Q4656074); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.