Desc: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court: Directed by Emmett J. Flynn. With Harry Myers, Pauline Starke, Rosemary Theby, Charles Clary. In 1921, a young man, having read Mark Twain's classic novel of the same title, dreams that he himself travels to King Arthur's court, where he has similar adventures and outwits his foes by means of very modern inventions including motorcycles and nitroglycerine.