The Puppet Crown
Cast & Crew
George Melford
Ina Claire
Carlyle Blackwell
Christian Lynton
Cleo Ridgely
Horace Carpenter
Film Details
Synopsis
Princess Alexia of Osia is sent incognito to an exclusive American girls' boarding school by her aging and invalid father King Leopold, so that she can know the meaning of true freedom. After she meets young millionaire Bob Carewe, and they fall in love, Alexia is summoned home because of a conspiracy of the king's advisors threatening to replace him with the Duchess Sylvia. When Bob reads of Osia's financial difficulties, he goes to help with a loan, even though he knows that Alexia cannot marry him if she is ever to rule. The sudden death of the king provokes an uprising of the people. Although Bob fights valiantly against the conspirators and nobly helps a bleeding rival for Alexia's affections, the duchess is proclaimed queen. She orders Alexia's arrest, but Bob, using one of the conspirators as a shield, escapes with Alexia to the frontier, where they are free to marry.
Director
George Melford
Cast
Ina Claire
Carlyle Blackwell
Christian Lynton
Cleo Ridgely
Horace Carpenter
John Abraham
George Gebhardt
Marjorie Daw
Crew
Film Details
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Trivia
Notes
This was Carlyle Blackwell's first film with Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Co. He replaced House Peters, who was leaving, as the juvenile lead for the stock company.
