{"id":20398,"date":"2011-11-07T16:53:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T23:53:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20398"},"modified":"2021-01-04T17:48:55","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T00:48:55","slug":"connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-a-1949","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20398","title":{"rendered":"Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur&#8217;s Court, A (1949)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Me thinketh I liketh Camelot &#8212; a lot.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Poster-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-20399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Poster-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Poster-80x128.jpg 80w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Poster.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA 20th century blacksmith (Bing Crosby) awakens from a hit on the head to find himself in medieval England, where he impresses King Arthur (Cedric Hardwicke) and Merlin (Murvyn Vye) with his technological know-how, and romances Lady Alisande (Rhonda Fleming) with his crooning melodies.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bing Crosby Films<\/li>\n<li>Historical Drama<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<li>Time Travel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMark Twain&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/A_Connecticut_Yankee_in_King_Arthur%27s_Court\">time-traveling sci-fi\/fantasy novel<\/a> has been filmed numerous times (including once with Will Rogers in 1931), but this Technicolor musical &#8212; a tailor-made Bing Crosby vehicle &#8212; is likely the best-known version. It&#8217;s a &#8220;feel-good&#8221;, song-filled adventure tale which allows Crosby to croon some forgettable ditties and get himself in and out of trouble numerous times, all while romancing gorgeous Rhonda Fleming (playing a vapid beauty with zero personality). Attempts at humor &#8212; mostly of the one-note variety &#8212; fall sadly flat; we&#8217;re meant to laugh at the fact that Harwicke&#8217;s sneezy King Arthur has a perpetually red and runny nose, for instance, and at Crosby&#8217;s modern-day attempts to speak in medieval lingo (viz. the selected quote above) &#8212; but it&#8217;s all simply tiresome. The film does have its devoted fans (see IMDb), but all-purpose film fanatics needn&#8217;t bother checking this one out. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vibrant Technicolor cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Technicolor.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Technicolor.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-20402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Technicolor.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Technicolor-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Connecticut-Yankee-Technicolor-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is strictly must-see for Crosby fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0041259\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2016\/11\/06\/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court-1949\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/71422\/a-connecticut-yankee-in-king-arthurs-court#articles-reviews?articleId=87780\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/moria.co.nz\/fantasy\/connecticutyankeeinkingarthurscourt1949.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Me thinketh I liketh Camelot &#8212; a lot.&#8221; Synopsis: A 20th century blacksmith (Bing Crosby) awakens from a hit on the head to find himself in medieval England, where he impresses King Arthur (Cedric Hardwicke) and Merlin (Murvyn Vye) with his technological know-how, and romances Lady Alisande (Rhonda Fleming) with his crooning melodies. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bing Crosby Films Historical Drama Musicals Royalty and Nobility Time Travel Review: Mark Twain&#8217;s time-traveling sci-fi\/fantasy novel has been filmed numerous times&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=20398\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20398"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20398\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61564,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20398\/revisions\/61564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}