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A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court (Bing Crosby album) <=SEP=> A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court is a studio album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and other stars of the Paramount movie A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court featuring songs from the film. All of the songs were written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court <=SEP=> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is an 1889 novel by American humorist and writer Mark Twain. The book was originally titled A Yankee in King Arthur's Court.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921 film) <=SEP=> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1921 American silent film adaptation of Mark Twain's 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The film was produced by the Fox Film Corporation (later 20th Century Fox) and directed by Emmett J. Flynn based on a screenplay by Bernard McConville. It is notable as the first film adaptation of Twain's novel and as the first film about time travel to the past.The film stars Harry Myers as the titular Yankee Martin Cavendish.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949 film) <=SEP=> A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court is a 1949 American musical comedy film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Bing Crosby, Rhonda Fleming, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, and William Bendix.Based on the 1889 novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain, the film is about a mechanic in 1912 who bumps his head and finds himself in Arthurian Britain in AD 528, where he is befriended by a knight and gains power by judicious use of technology.

A Kid in King Arthur's Court <=SEP=> A Kid in King Arthur's Court is a 1995 Disney family film directed by Michael Gottlieb. It is based on the famous Mark Twain novel A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (previously filmed by Disney as Unidentified Flying Oddball in 1978 in which Ron Moody also played Merlin), transplanted into the twentieth century. Trimark later released a sequel, A Kid in Aladdin's Palace, in 1998, but without Disney's involvement.

Aquaman <=SEP=> Aquaman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Paul Norris and Mort Weisinger, the character debuted in More Fun Comics #73 (November 1941). Initially a backup feature in DC's anthology titles, Aquaman later starred in several volumes of a solo title. During the late 1950s and 1960s superhero-revival period known as the Silver Age, he was a founding member of the Justice League of America.

Arthur (disambiguation) <=SEP=> Arthur is a common masculine given name. Arthur may refer to:

Arthur Henry King <=SEP=> Arthur Henry King (20 February 1910 – 15 January 2000), also found as Arthur H. King, was a British poet, writer and academic.

Arthur King (boxer) <=SEP=> "Little" Arthur King (23 February 1927 — 14 December 2011 (aged 84)) was a Canadian professional feather/light/welter/middleweight boxer of the 1940s and '50s who won the Canada lightweight title, and British Empire lightweight title, his professional fighting weight varied from 126 lb (57 kg; 9 st 0 lb), i.e. featherweight to 151 1⁄2 lb (68.7 kg; 10 st 11.5 lb), i.e.

Arthur King (footballer) <=SEP=> Arthur King (6 August 1887–?) was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Aberdeen, Tottenham Hotspur, Belfast Celtic and Dumbarton.

Arthur Scott King <=SEP=> Arthur Scott King (January 18, 1876 – April 17, 1957) was an American physicist and astrophysicist.He was born in Jerseyville, Illinois, the son of Robert Andrew and Miriam Munson King. In 1883 the family moved to Santa Rosa, California in an attempt to alleviate their son Arthur's chronic asthma. The asthma cleared up, and in 1890 they moved again to Fresno.In 1895 Arthur graduated from Fresno High School, then attended the University of California, Berkeley.

Bibliography of King Arthur <=SEP=> This is a Bibliography of works about King Arthur, his related world, family, friends or enemies. This bibliography includes works that are notable or are by notable authors.

Cameliard <=SEP=> In the legends of King Arthur, Cameliard is the home of Guinevere and her father, King Leodegrance. Although the legends traditionally place the kingdom in Wales, historical roots may be found in Cornwall.  It was at Cameliard that the Round Table was kept prior to being given to Arthur by Leodegrance as part of Guinevere's dowry.

Camelot <=SEP=> Camelot is a castle and court associated with the legendary King Arthur. Absent in the early Arthurian material, Camelot first appeared in 12th-century French romances and, after the Lancelot-Grail cycle, eventually came to be described as the fantastic capital of Arthur's realm and a symbol of the Arthurian world. The stories locate it somewhere in Great Britain and sometimes associate it with real cities, though more usually its precise location is not revealed.

Camelot (TV series) <=SEP=> Camelot is a 2011 historical-fantasy-drama television series which premiered on 1 April 2011. It was co-produced by the Starz cable network and GK-TV which began production during the summer of 2010. The series, based on the Arthurian legend, was produced by Graham King, Morgan O'Sullivan and Michael Hirst.A special preview showing of the pilot episode "Homecoming" was aired on Starz Friday night, 25 February 2011.

Corris Craft Centre <=SEP=> Corris Craft Centre is a craft and leisure complex in Corris, on the A487 near Machynlleth, mid-Wales.  It is sometimes referred to as King Arthur's Labyrinth, one of the attractions on the site.

Excalibur <=SEP=> Excalibur or Caliburn is the legendary sword of King Arthur, sometimes attributed with magical powers or associated with the rightful sovereignty of Great Britain. Sometimes Excalibur and the Sword in the Stone (the proof of Arthur's lineage) are said to be the same weapon, but in most versions they are considered separate. The sword was associated with the Arthurian legend very early.

George VI <=SEP=> George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death. He was the last Emperor of India and the first Head of the Commonwealth.As the second son of King George V, he was not expected to inherit the throne and spent his early life in the shadow of his elder brother, Edward.

Guinevere <=SEP=> Guinevere /ˈɡwɪnɨvɪər/, often written as Gwenevere, was the queen consort of King Arthur in the Arthurian Legend. In medieval romances, one of the most prominent story arcs is her love affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot.

Historical basis for King Arthur <=SEP=> The historical basis for King Arthur is a source of considerable debate among historians. Due to the poverty of British records in the period 450-550 CE, historian Thomas Charles-Edwards noted that "at this stage of the enquiry, one can only say that there may well have been an historical Arthur [but ...] the historian can as yet say nothing of value about him". Historian David Dumville summed up his position by saying, "I think we can dispose of him [Arthur] quite briefly.

King Arthur's Disasters <=SEP=> King Arthur's Disasters is a British animated series which first aired on CITV. The series was co-created by Paul Parkes and Will Ashurst, the series follows and depicts attempts by King Arthur, assisted by the wizard Merlin, to woo the beautiful self-obsessed Princess Guinevere. Due to the popularity of the show, it was picked up for a second series which began transmission on CITV from 6 November 2005.

King Arthur's Hall, Tintagel <=SEP=> King Arthur's Hall (opened 1933) is a historic building in Fore Street, Tintagel, Cornwall, England. Built in the early 1930s by Frederick Thomas Glasscock (died 1934), it originally served as the headquarters for a social organization known as the Order of the Fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table.

King Arthur's Hall <=SEP=> King Arthur's Hall is a megalithic enclosure on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, UK. It is thought to be a late Neolithic or early Bronze Age ceremonial site.

King Arthur's Round Table <=SEP=> King Arthur's Round Table is a Neolithic henge in the village of Eamont Bridge within the English county of Cumbria, around 2 km south east of Penrith. It is 400 metres from Mayburgh Henge. The site is free to visitors and is under the control of English Heritage.

King Arthur's World <=SEP=> King Arthur's World is a 1993 side-scrolling strategy video game for the SNES. It was developed by Argonaut Games and published by Jaleco.

King Arthur's messianic return <=SEP=> King Arthur's messianic return is an aspect of the legend of King Arthur, the mythical 6th-century British king. Few historical records of Arthur remain, and there are doubts that he ever existed, but he achieved a mythological stature that gave rise to a growing literature about his life and deeds. One recurrent aspect of Arthurian literature was the notion that he would one day return in the role of a messiah to save his people.

King Arthur: Prince on White Horse <=SEP=> King Arthur: Prince on White Horse, known in Japan as Moero Arthur Hakuba no Ōji (燃えろアーサー 白馬の王子, Moero Āsā Hakuba no Ōji, lit. Burn, Arthur: The Prince of the White Horse), is a Japanese anime series based on the Arthurian legend. It is a sequel to the earlier series King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, reworked in a futuristic setting. Produced by Toei Animation, it was released between April 6 and September 21, 1980 and consisted of 22 half-hour episodes.

King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame <=SEP=> King Arthur is a real-time tactics and role-playing video game developed by NeocoreGames and published by Paradox Interactive. It seeks to blend elements of the real-time tactics, role-playing, and grand strategy genres into one. A sequel titled King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame was released in 2012.

King Arthur <=SEP=> King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th to early 6th century A.D. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and his historical existence is debated and disputed by modern historians.

King Arthur & the Knights of Justice (video game) <=SEP=> King Arthur & the Knights of Justice is an action-adventure game developed by Manley & Associates and published by Enix for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in May 1995.

King Arthur (DC Comics) <=SEP=> King Arthur (Arthur Pendragon) is a fictional character, a comic book King published by DC Comics. Arthur debuted in New Comics #3, (February 1936), and was created by Rafael Astarita. The character is based on the mythical ruler King Arthur whose earliest recorded appearances were in the Annales Cambriae, the Historia Brittonum, and the Y Gododdin.

King Arthur (TV series) <=SEP=> King Arthur & the Knights of the Round Table (円卓の騎士物語 燃えろアーサー, Entaku no Kishi Monogatari Moero Āsā, lit. Story of the Knights of the Round Table: Blazing Arthur) is an anime series based on the Arthurian legend. Produced by Toei Animation, it consists of 30 half-hour episodes released between September 9, 1979 and March 3, 1980. The series achieved more widespread popularity in its non-English translations.

King Arthur (film) <=SEP=> King Arthur is a 2004 action adventure film directed by Antoine Fuqua and written by David Franzoni. It stars Clive Owen as the title character, Ioan Gruffudd as Lancelot, and Keira Knightley as Guinevere.The film is unusual in reinterpreting Arthur as a Roman officer rather than a medieval knight.

King Arthur (opera) <=SEP=> King Arthur, or The British Worthy (Z. 628), is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and alibretto by John Dryden. It was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden, London, in late May or early June 1691.The plot is based on the battles between King Arthur's Britons and the Saxons, rather than the legends of Camelot (although Merlin does make an appearance).

King Arthur (video game) <=SEP=> King Arthur is an action-adventure game based on the 2004 film of the same name.

King Arthur Flour <=SEP=> The King Arthur Flour Company, formerly the "Sands, Taylor & Wood Company", is an American supplier of flour, ingredients, baking mixes, cookbooks, and baked goods. The company was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 1790, and is now based in Norwich, Vermont.The company's flagship product line, "King Arthur Flour," includes a variety of wheat flours for home and commercial baking, marketed as "Never Bleached—Never Bromated."

King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame <=SEP=> King Arthur II is a real-time tactics and role-playing video game and a sequel to King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame, released on January 27, 2012. It was developed by NeocoreGames and published by Paradox Interactive. It blends elements of the real-time tactics, role-playing, and grand strategy genres into one.

King Arthur Was a Gentleman <=SEP=> King Arthur Was a Gentleman is a 1942 British, black-and-white, comedy, musical film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Ronald Shiner as Sargent and Arthur Askey as Arthur King. It was produced by Edward Black and Maurice Ostrer for Gainsborough Pictures.

King Arthur and the Knights of Justice <=SEP=> King Arthur and the Knights of Justice is an American cartoon series produced by Golden Films, C&D Entertainment and Bohbot Entertainment. The series was created by Diane Eskenazi (Golden Films) and Avi Arad (Toy Biz chairman, CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios) who were also executive producers of the series, which lasted for two seasons and 13 episodes each. Its first episode aired on September 13, 1992, and the last episode was on December 12, 1993.

Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur <=SEP=> Knights of the Roundtable: King Arthur is an upcoming epic adventure film directed by Guy Ritchie and written by Joby Harold. The film stars Charlie Hunnam as Arthur. It is scheduled for a July 22, 2016 release.

LSWR N15 class <=SEP=> The LSWR N15 class was a British 2–cylinder 4-6-0 express passenger steam locomotive designed by Robert W. Urie. The class has a complex build history spanning three sub-classes and eight years of construction from 1919 to 1926. The first batch of the class was constructed for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR), where they hauled heavy express trains to the south coast ports and further west to Exeter.

Le Morte d'Arthur <=SEP=> Le Morte d'Arthur (originally spelled Le Morte Darthur, Middle French for “the death of Arthur”) is a compilation by Sir Thomas Malory of traditional tales about the legendary King Arthur, Guinevere, Lancelot, and the Knights of the Round Table. Malory interprets existing French and English stories about these figures and adds original material (the Gareth story).First published in 1485 by William Caxton, Le Morte d'Arthur is today perhaps the best-known work of Arthurian literature in English.

List of King Arthur class locomotives <=SEP=> Below are the names and numbers of the LSWR N15 class/SR 'King Arthur' Class locomotives.  Another successful publicity campaign by the Southern Railway when named from 1925 onwards, they represented the counties of Devon and Somerset, UK, due to their association with the legend of King Arthur.  The batches have been separated for ease of reference.

List of media based on Arthurian legend <=SEP=> Films based on the Arthurian legend are many and varied. They can be divided into several broad categories:

List of works based on Arthurian legends <=SEP=> The Matter of Britain stories, focusing on King Arthur, are one of the most popular literary subjects of all time, and have been adapted numerous times in every form of media.

Martin Luther King Bridge (Port Arthur, Texas) <=SEP=> The Martin Luther King Bridge or Gulfgate Bridge of Port Arthur, Texas is a cantilever bridge spanning the Sabine-Neches ship canal. It was opened in the 1970 to connect Port Arthur with Pleasure Island and Louisiana.

Merlin (series 5) <=SEP=> The fifth and final series of the British fantasy drama series Merlin began broadcasting on 6 October 2012 with the episode "Arthur's Bane (Part 1)" and ended on 24 December 2012 in the UK, with "The Diamond of the Day (Part 2)". It consists of 13 episodes shown on Saturday evenings on BBC One and BBC One HD (repeats shown on BBC Three). Series producer is Sara Hamill and executive producers are Johnny Capps and Julian Murphy.

Morgan le Fay <=SEP=> Morgan le Fay /ˈmɔrɡən lə ˈfeɪ/, alternatively known as Morgan le Faye, Morgen, Morgaine, Morgain, Morgana, Morganna, Morgant, Morgane, Morgne,  Morge, Morgue, and other names, is a powerful enchantress in the Arthurian legend. Early works featuring Morgan do not elaborate her character beyond her role as a fay or sorceress.

New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court <=SEP=> New Adventures of a Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Fantasy over Mark Twain's theme (Russian: Новые приключения янки при дворе короля Артура. Фантазии на тему Марка Твена) is a 1988 Soviet adventure film directed by Viktor Hres and based on American author Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. The screenplay was written by Mikhail Roshchin, and the film was produced by Dovzhenko Film Studio.

Pellinore <=SEP=> King Pellinore /ˈpɛlɨnɔər/ is the king of Listenoise or of "the Isles" (possibly Anglesey, or perhaps the medieval kingdom of the same name), according to the Arthurian legend. Son of King Pellam and brother of Kings Pelles and Alain, he is most famous for his endless hunt of the Questing Beast, which he is tracking when King Arthur first meets him.

Robert King, 1st Viscount Lorton <=SEP=> General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton (12 August 1773 – 20 November 1854), styled The Honourable from 1797 to 1800, was an Irish peer and politician.Born in London at his parents' town house, he was the third child and second son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston by his wife, the heiress Caroline Fitzgerald. His mother's fortune (via her own mother) had made the Kings perhaps the richest family in Ireland for some time.

Round Table <=SEP=> The Round Table is King Arthur's famed table in the Arthurian legend, around which he and his Knights congregate. As its name suggests, it has no head, implying that everyone who sits there has equal status. The table was first described in 1155 by Wace, who relied on previous depictions of Arthur's fabulous retinue.

The Boy and the Mantle <=SEP=> "The Boy and the Mantle" is Child ballad number 29, an Arthurian story.Unlike the ballads before it, and like "King Arthur and King Cornwall" and "The Marriage of Sir Gawain" immediately after it in the collection, this is not a folk ballad but a song from professional minstrels.

The Silver King (play) <=SEP=> The Silver King is an 1882 melodramatic play, by Henry Arthur Jones and Henry Herman.  It was "so well known that criticism is superfluous" and played to record-breaking audiences.  The play was adapted for screen in the 1929 silent film production The Silver King directed by T. Hayes Hunter.

The Story of King Arthur and His Knights <=SEP=> The Story of King Arthur and His Knights is a November 1903 novel by the American illustrator and writer Howard Pyle. It was published by Charles Scribner's Sons.Pyle's illustrations for the stories have been called "glorious", with the text and the illustrations complementing each other. The book consists of a large series of episodes in the legend of the mythological first king of Britain King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.

Unidentified Flying Oddball <=SEP=> Unidentified Flying Oddball (also known as The Spaceman and King Arthur and A Spaceman in King Arthur's Court) is a 1979 film adaptation of Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, directed by Russ Mayberry and produced by Walt Disney Productions.

Uther Pendragon <=SEP=> Uther Pendragon (/ˈjuːθər pɛnˈdræɡən/ or /ˈuːθər/; Welsh: Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon) is a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain and the father of King Arthur.

William Lyon Mackenzie King <=SEP=> William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG (December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950), also commonly known as Mackenzie King, was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921, to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926, to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935, to November 15, 1948. A Liberal with 22 years in office, he was the longest-serving Prime Minister in Canadian history.