16 November 1917 Adventure 69 mins
A button factory worker has always dreamed that he was meant for better things, to be rich and famous and in "the company of kings". One day he discovers that he is indeed the only heir to the throne of a small European kingdom. However, there are forces at work who don't want him to survive to take the throne.
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Douglas Fairbanks as Alexis Caesar Napoleon Brown
Eileen Percy as Elsie Merrill
Richard Cummings as Old Bingham the Boss
Millard Webb as Mr. Mann
Eugene Ormonde as Sergius Badinoff the Prime
Frank Campeau as Black Boris
John Emerson Director
Douglas Fairbanks Producer
John Emerson Writer
Anita Loos Writer
Sam Landers Cinematography
Victor Fleming Cinematography
United States 16 November 1917
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