From Broadway to a Throne

Jul 31, 1916

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

Just before a big bout, Jimmie, a New York prize fighter, gets a lucky medal from his friend Billy. Herman Marlex, a chronic teller of tall tales informs Jimmie that the medal is really a royal one, worn by the infant Prince of Magonia when he was kidnapped years before. Then, on fight night, Jimmie is knocked senseless. On his way home, Magonian emissaries see him wearing the medal, and so haul him back to the "homeland." Despite his insisting that he is merely a boxer, Jimmie is hailed as the returning prince.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Red Feather Photoplays

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Cast

Jimmie

Carter DeHaven

The King

Walter Belasco

Princess Corinne

Yona Landowska

Billy

Duke Worne

Bess

Marvel Spencer

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From Broadway to a Throne

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