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.
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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
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1909:
01 January 1909
Max at an evening party takes a necklace from one of the guests and makes good his escape. The guests and the police set out in pursuit but Max employs some novel methods and among others mounts a boat on the water chute and finally makes good his escape in a balloon which soars far out of reach of his would-be captors.
04 December 1909
Tom Carlton, leader of a band of Western bandits, tires of his life of crime and resolves to reform.
20 September 1909
Brothers George and Robert enlist on opposite sides in the Civil War. Robert is captured as a spy for the South, but escapes and hides in his parents' house.
01 April 1909
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their daughter out to a play.
16 December 1909
Johanna loves poor farmer Joachim, yet marries the wealthy miller. One day, Joachim visits Johanna when he is away.
31 December 1909
Illustrates a man's struggle to overcome an inherited love for drink. Although yet a young man, the enemy of his family had already sunk its claws firmly upon James Grant.
01 July 1909
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace is stolen, and Mr.
18 January 1909
To a reception there is invited a celebrated professor of hypnotism, and during the evening he obliges with an exhibition of his wonderful powers.
19 February 1909
A young sailor dozes off in the grass in Frederiksberg Have and wakes up surrounded by supernatural fairylike creatures.
30 August 1909
Tom and Ethel separately decide to go bathing in a river. Pranksters switch their clothes and they each have to dress up as the opposite sex.
07 January 1909
In the third installment of the "Mr. and Mrs. Jones" series, Mrs. Jones hosts a luncheon for her Ladies' Temperance League chapter on the condition that her husband, Mr.
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