The Knights of the Square Table: The Boy Scouts and Thomas Edison make an Arthurian Film

Abstract

The George Kleine Collection of Early Motion Pictures in the Library of Congress contains a largely unknown example of Arthurian film, the Edison Company's 1917 release of The Knights of the Square Table. The film deserves attention for three reasons: it skillfully balances two parallel and interrelated plots; it continues a tradition that associated the Boy Scouts — both in England and abroad — with the matter of Arthur; and it reflects a general movement, especially in America, to address the problem of the proper education of boys.

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