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His Majesty, Bunker Bean
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Wikipedia article
'His Majesty, Bunker Bean' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Jack McDonald, Frances Clanton, Peggy O'Connell, and Edythe Chapman. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 8, 1918.[http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=17113 The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: 'His Majesty, Bunker Bean']
Plot
As described in a film magazine, through a clairvoyant Bunker Bean (Pickford) learns that in his various incarnations he has been Napoleon and Ramtah, an Egyptian king, and these facts spur him to greater things. He falls heir to some money and invests in stock which yields big returns and in a mummy of Ramtah, his first incarnation. He marries the daughter of his boss and, although at first afraid to face her parents, he summons the personages of his various incarnations to give him the strength to conquer and win them over.
Cast
*Jack Pickford as Bunker Bean
*Louise Huff as Breede's daughter
*Jack McDonald as Jim Breede
*Frances Clanton as Mrs. Wife
*Peggy O'Connell as Breede's oldest daughter
*Edythe Chapman as Older Mrs. Breede
*Jack Hoxie as The greatest pitcher
*Gustav von Seyffertitz as Professor Balthasar
*Edith M. Lessing as Countess Casanova
Preservation status
The picture is lost.[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.6198/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: 'His Majesty, Bunker Bean'][http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HisMajestyBunkerBean1918.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'His Majesty, Bunker Bean' (1918)] at silentera.com
*Warner Brothers remade the film in 1925 starring Matt Moore. That film survives abridged or incomplete.[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/H/HisMajestyBunkerBean1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: 'His Majesty, Bunker Bean' (1925)] at silentera.com[https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.3161/default.html 1925 film LoC database]
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