When Love Is King (1916)
February 9, 1916Release Date
Plot.
Felix, the King of Wallonia, has to marry Louise, Princess of the neighboring State of Trebizond. The old Prince, her father, craves the elixir of youth, and gets drunk so often that Trebizond is in bad shape. Thus, it is up to Felix to be King of both States. But Louise has a love affair with Stepan, the heir presumptive to his throne, and Felix flees to America in disguise. By a strange twist of circumstance he takes a job as butler in the home of J.P. Morton, multi-millionaire. There he meets Marcia, Morton's daughter, and the jig is up. He loves her.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Tucker
Felix, the King
Carroll McComas
Marcia Morton
Bigelow Cooper
J.P. Morton
Vivian Perry
The Princess Louise
John Sturgeon
The Prince of Trebizond
Harold Meltzer
Baron Tarnow
Carlton S. King
Stepan
T. Tamamoto
Janzi
Robert Brower
The Prime Minister
Charles Sutton
The Ambassador
Guido Colucci
The Viscount
Helen Strickland
Mrs. Morton
Lucille Allen
The Countess Irma
Ben Turbett
Director
Charles Sumner Williams
Story
James Harris
Details.
Wiki.
When Love Is King is a 1916 silent film comedy drama, that was produced and distributed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in conjunction with George Kleine. The film is a starring debut for stage actress Carroll McComas.
The film is preserved at the Library of Congress.