The Slim Princess
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
E. H. Calvert
Francis X. Bushman
Ruth Stonehouse
Wallace Beery
Harry Dunkinson
Terza Bey
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In Morovenia, Turkey, where fatness is considered beautiful, the court is gloomy because the efforts of Count Selim Malagaski to put weight on his slender elder daughter, Princess Kalora, have failed. The princess' tutor Popova has been maliciously encouraging her appetite for pickles, because the count called him a Christian dog. After American millionaire Alexander H. Pike, who falls in love with Kalora, is driven away, the count finds an American magazine filled with pictures of beautiful slim women, which Pike left to comfort Kalora. The count notices an ad for a treatment to cure thinness and sends Kalora to try it in Washington, D.C., where she meets Pike again. Back in Morovenia, the gloom dissipates when Pike convinces the count to give him Kalora's hand, impressing him by claiming to be the Grand Exalted Ruler of a fraternal order, a Knight Templar and the King of the Hoo-Hoos.
Director
E. H. Calvert
Cast
Francis X. Bushman
Ruth Stonehouse
Wallace Beery
Harry Dunkinson
Terza Bey
Bryant Washburn
Lester Cuneo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The original story was later amplified by George Ade and published by the Bobbs-Merrill Co. Elsie Janis played the title role in the stage production. Some scenes in the film were shot in Washington, D.C. The copyright entry for the film credits George Cole as author and Edward T. Lowe with the screenplay. In an ad for the film, George Ade calls the film "Mr. Blossom's photo-play," though he fails to specify what Blossom's role was.
