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Nearly a King
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Wikipedia article
'Nearly a King' is a 1916 silent film romantic comedy directed by Frederick A. Thomson, produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures.[https://web.archive.org/web/20160307031950/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=14258 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:'Nearly a King'] John Barrymore stars in a story written for the screen. Barrymore's first wife Katherine Corri Harris makes her screen debut with him in this picture. Frederick Thomson directed and this is now a lost film.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/N/NearlyAKing1916.html 'Nearly a King' at silentera.com]'The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1911-20' by The American Film Institute, c.1988'John Barrymore: A Bio-Bibliography' by Martin Norden, c. 1995[https://books.google.com/books?id=a3lJAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA483&dq=nearly+a+king+1916+john+barrymore&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjgvpKuwtfJAhUBph4KHSYXD7gQ6AEIMzAD#v=onepage&q=nearly%20a%20king%201916%20john%20barrymore&f=false Motography: The Motion Picture Trade Journal, Volume 16, Chicago February 26, 1916] Retrieved December 11, 2015
One of the earliest screen appearances of a young Adolphe Menjou, just 25 years old.
Cast
*John Barrymore - 1.Jack Merriwell, 2. The Prince of Bulwana, 3.himself-an out of work actor)
*Katherine Corri Harris - The Princess
*Russell Bassett - Regent of Okam
*Beatrice Prentice - Marya
*Martin Alsop - Grant Mason
*Fred McGuirk - Olaf
*Adolphe Menjou - Baron
See also
*John Barrymore filmography
References
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