Meet the Prince
| Meet the Prince | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joseph Henabery[2] |
| Screenplay by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss[3] |
Production company | Metropolitan Pictures Corporation[4] |
| Distributed by | Producers Distributing Corporation[2] |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 reels[2] |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
Meet the Prince is a lost[5] 1926 comedy-drama[2] silent film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Joseph Schildkraut and Marguerite De La Motte.
Plot
A bankrupt Russian prince (Schildkraut) and princess 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.[2][3][1]
Cast
- Joseph Schildkraut as Prince Nicholas Alexnov[2][1]
- 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
- Bessie Love[6]
Production
The production included an accurate reproduction of the great reception room in the Grand Duke's palace at Petrograd, Russia.[4]
Reception
The film seemed drawn out, and Schildkraut, a skilled dramatic actor, was deemed miscast in his comic role.[2][3]
References
- ^ a b c Gevinson, Alan, ed. (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911–1960. p. 653.
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- ^ a b c "Meet the Prince". The Film Daily: 7. July 18, 1926.
- ^ a b "Meet the Prince". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. October 28, 1926. p. 8.
- ^ The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:Meet the Prince
- ^ 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 this list may be an error.
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