Mr. Dolan of New York

Apr 9, 1917

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

After his defeat at the hands of "Spider" Flynn, the welterweight champion of Europe, boxer Jimmie Dolan and his trainer, Thomas Jefferson Jones, leave for a principality near Paris. Having lost all their money on the fight, Jimmie accepts Count Conrad's offer to impersonate Prince Frederick in return for a large sum of money.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

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Cast

Jimmy Dolan

Jack Mulhall

Thomas Jefferson Jones

Noble Johnson

Alicia

Julia Ray

Count Conrad (as Al MacQuarrie)

Albert MacQuarrie

The King

Harry Mann

Prince Frederick

Ernest Shields

'Spider' Flynn (as Francis MacDonald)

Francis McDonald

Mlle. D'Orsay (as Grace MacLean)

Grace McLean

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