Meet the Prince
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Genre Comedy Cinematography Karl Struss | Director Joseph Henabery Story by Frank R. Adams Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language Silent (English intertitles) Release date August 9, 1926 (1926-08-09) (U.S.) Based on "The American Sex"
by Frank R. Adams Writer Frank R. Adams (story), Jane Murfin (adaptation), Harold Shumate (adaptation) Genres Comedy, Silent film, Drama film Cast Joseph Schildkraut (Prince Nicholas), David Butler (Peter Paget), Marguerite De La Motte (Annabelle Ford), Julia Faye (Princess Sophia Alexnov), Vera Steadman (Cynthia Stevens) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Meet the Prince is a 1926 comedy-drama silent film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Joseph Schildkraut and Marguerite De La Motte.
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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.
Cast
Production
The production included an accurate reproduction of the great reception room in the Grand Duke's palace at Petrograd, Russia.
Reception
The film seemed drawn out, and Schildkraut, a skilled dramatic actor, was deemed miscast in his comic role.
References
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