Graustark
Cast & Crew
Fred E. Wright
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Edna Mayo
Thomas Commerford
Helen Dunbar
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Wealthy young American Grenfall Lorry meets a girl on a train from Denver to Washington, D.C. When the train leaves them behind in a mining town, they race in a coach through the mountains and finally catch it. They part after sightseeing in Washington, but meet again in Graustark, a Balkan country, where Lorry and his friend Harry Anguish save the girl, who is really Graustark's Princess Yetive, from being abducted. After Yetive becomes engaged to Prince Lorenz of Asphain to save Graustark, which owes an enormous war debt, Lorenz is slain and Lorry imprisoned for the murder. He escapes with Yetive's help and spends the night hiding in her bedroom. When Yetive's other suitor, Prince Gabriel, accuses her of shielding Lorry, Lorry offers to be executed if Lorenz's father will postpone collection of the debt. After Anguish discovers that Gabriel killed Lorenz, Asphain signs an alliance with Graustark, and Yetive weds Lorry, who is crowned.
Director
Fred E. Wright
Cast
Francis X. Bushman
Beverly Bayne
Edna Mayo
Thomas Commerford
Helen Dunbar
Albert Roscoe
Lester Cuneo
Bryant Washburn
Ernest Maupain
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Notes
G. M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson supervised the scenes shot in California. Some scenes in this film were shot in New York City and Washington, D.C., including shots taken at sunset of the Potomac River from the top of the Washington Monument. Most of the film was shot in and around Chicago. First National Pictures released a film based on the same source on August 30, 1925 which was made by Joseph M. Schenck Productions. Dimitri Buchowetzki directed the film which starred Norma Talmadge and Eugene O'Brien (see AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.2213).
