Volume II: Filmography

HER GALLANT KNIGHTS

March 23, 1913 (Sunday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Comedy

Cast: Florence LaBadie (the object of several suitors' affections), James Cruze, William Garwood, Frank Urson, Riley Chamberlin

Location: Southern California

Note: The title appeared erroneously in the singular, Her Gallant Knight, in a schedule printed in The Billboard, March 29, 1913.

SYNOPSIS, The Moving Picture World, March 29, 1913:

When the farmer's daughter returned to her home the young men who had ignored her when she was a child became her abject slaves. At first the girl was pleased by the interest she aroused, but after a while it palled on her because no matter the hour of the day she was almost certain to have callers. Affairs reached a crisis as the time approached for the annual orange-picking tournament. Each of the girl's suitors expected to win honors there, and lost no opportunity of telling her so. This induced her to promise them that the one who most distinguished himself at the affair would receive a prize from her. As it happened, all her suitors distinguished themselves. That evening they flocked about her, and earnestly demanded the special prize. Smilingly she told them that 'you have all done equally well, so I will reward you all.' Whereupon she distributed envelopes and they found that the contents were invitations to the wedding of the girl and an Eastern aristocrat, whom none of them had ever heard of. 'The Gallant Knights' never jousted again in honor of their fair lady. Neither did they attend their wedding, and they were glad when she and her husband departed for the East.

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, April 5, 1913:

This film contains some interesting pictures of an orange exhibit in Southern California. The oranges are displayed in many forms. A slight comedy is shown in connection with the exhibit, with Flo LaBadie who has some amusing experiences with three or four lovers, but finally announces her engagement to a New York man. Not strong, but rather pleasing.

REVIEW, The New York Dramatic Mirror, March 26, 1913:

Like the photoplay, Won at the Rodeo, this piece fails to achieve much attention, maybe because of the ordinary story and the poor photography. Especially is the photography obscure and dark in the scenes depicting the orange exposition, and it is to be wondered at, for poor photography is not common to the Thanhouser company. The newly-arrived girl attracts the attentions of three men, two young and one old. They pursue her with relentless energy, each in turn seeking to advance his cause as the favored suitor. Finally she tells him that the one who wins the prize at the orange exposition will be favored with her consent. All of them win prizes, and to find the way out of the difficulty she presents them with an invitation to her wedding with an Eastern boy. The action is laid in California, and the acting is capable. But where is the situation, the point of the comedy? Surely not in the dismay and disappointment expressed in the faces of these men when informed that they have been making asses of themselves.

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