A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the princess which he easily repels. It works; the princess falls for him, especially when the cardinal arranges his arrest.
Watch the official The Cardinal's Conspiracy 1909 trailer in HD below.
Frank Powell as A Visiting Nobleman
Florence Lawrence as The Princess
Mary Pickford as A Disguised Servant
Charles Avery as A Member of the Court
John R. Cumpson as Comic Cutthroat/A Member of the Court
Arthur V. Johnson as Comic Cutthroat
Owen Moore as A Member of the Court
Barry O'Moore as The King
Mack Sennett as Comic Cutthroat
James Kirkwood as The Cardinal
Rose King as A Member of the Court
Anthony O'Sullivan as Comic Cutthroat
United States 12 July 1909
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14 October 1909
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18 November 1909
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10 August 1909
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09 September 1909
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03 May 1909
One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the fatal lot and is expected to kill himself.
08 March 1909
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30 August 1909
If all husbands have had similar experiences, it is too bad to harrow them up with the telling of this story.
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