Meet the Prince
Meet the Prince | |
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Directed by | Joseph Henabery[1] |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | "The American Sex" by Frank R. Adams[1][2] |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Karl Struss[3] |
Production company | Metropolitan Pictures Corporation[4] |
Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation[5] |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels;[1] 5,908 feet[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Meet the Prince is a lost[7] 1926 American comedy-drama[5] silent film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Joseph Schildkraut and Marguerite De La Motte. It was produced by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation[4] and distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation.[5]
Plot
A bankrupt Russian prince (Schildkraut) and princess (Faye) come to New York's Lower East Side to escape a revolution at home. They hatch a plan to marry rich Americans. While pretending to be rich, the prince falls in love with a poor girl (De La Motte), who herself is trying to marry for money. The prince ends up marrying the poor girl, and his sister marries a butler, but they are all happily in love.[1][3][6]
Cast
- Joseph Schildkraut as Prince Nicholas Alexnov
- Marguerite De La Motte as Annabelle Ford
- Vera Steadman as Cynthia Stevens
- Julia Faye as Princess Sophia Alexnov
- David Butler as Peter Paget
- Helen Dunbar as Mrs. Gordon McCullan
- Bryant Washburn[a][1][6]
Production
The production included an accurate reproduction of the great reception room in the Grand Duke's palace at Petrograd, Russia.[4][9]
Reception
The film was not well-received by reviewers.[10] The plot seemed drawn out, and Schildkraut, a skilled dramatic actor, was deemed miscast in his comic role.[1][3]
References
- Notes
- ^ Gevinson 1997 lists Bessie Love as being in this film. However, no contemporaneous sources do, and it is not included in her autobiography's filmography. Her inclusion in the cast list may be an error, and is noted as such by some sources.[8]
- Citations
- ^ a b c d e f g h Milne, Peter (July 3, 1926). "'Meet the Prince'—Prod. Dist. Corp. – Joseph Schildkraut in Comedy Drama of Russian Prince's Adventures in America". Moving Picture World. p. 39.
- ^ Adams, Frank R. (June 1925). "The American Sex". Munsey's Magazine. pp. 30–37.
- ^ a b c "Meet the Prince". The Film Daily. July 18, 1926. p. 7.
- ^ a b c "Meet the Prince". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. October 28, 1926. p. 8.
- ^ a b c "Quick Reference Picture Chart". Moving Picture World. July 10, 1926. p. 123.
- ^ a b c Gevinson, Alan, ed. (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911–1960. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
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(help) - ^ "The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Meet the Prince". The Library of Congress.
- ^ Surowiec, Catherine A. (February 1987). "Bessie Love". Film Dope. No. 36. p. 35.
- ^ "Metropolitan Constructs Huge Sets for 'Meet the Prince'". Moving Picture World. June 5, 1926. p. 462.
- ^ Reid, Laurence. "Meet the Prince: Plot Never Gets Started and Action Is Slow". Motion Picture News. p. 152.
External links
- 1926 films
- 1926 comedy-drama films
- 1926 lost films
- American black-and-white films
- American comedy-drama films
- American films
- American silent feature films
- Films directed by Joseph Henabery
- Films set in Manhattan
- Films set in Saint Petersburg
- Films with screenplays by Jane Murfin
- Lost American films
- Producers Distributing Corporation films
- Lost comedy-drama films
- Silent comedy-drama film stubs