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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