The Crown Prince's Double
Cast & Crew
Van Dyke Brooke
Maurice Costello
Norma Talmadge
Howard Hall
Anders Randolf
Thomas R. Mills
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Synopsis
Prince Oscar of Ostrau, about to marry a princess from a neighboring country to please his father, King Gustave, is saved from that fate when an uprising causes her to leave. After the prince indulges in a dalliance with a burlesque actress in London, King Gustave arranges for his American friend, Peter Hart, to take Oscar to the United States, where Oscar marries Peter's sister Isabelle. The wedding news, coming as the king returns to the throne, causes him to send his chief of police, Baron Hagar, to have the marriage annulled and return the prince home. After Peter, Isabelle and Oscar escape from the baron, they discover an unemployed clerk, Barry Lawrence, who looks just like Oscar. They give him $1,000 to lead the baron off their trail, but when Barry's sweetheart, Shirley Rives, thought to be Isabelle, is endangered, Oscar reveals himself to the baron and refuses to return. He then renounces his claim to the throne and becomes an American citizen.
Director
Van Dyke Brooke
Cast
Maurice Costello
Norma Talmadge
Howard Hall
Anders Randolf
Thomas R. Mills
Thomas Brooke
Daniel Leighton
Anna Laughlin
Leila Blau
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Trivia
This film is presumed lost. Please check your attic.
Notes
This film opened at the Vitagraph Theatre in New York on December 26, 1915.
