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Billions (1920)

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Billions (1920)

Name: Billions
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1920-12-06

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Plot.

Princess Triloff, an emigrée from Czarist Russia, escapes to America where she becomes a patron of the arts. She falls in love with the verses of impoverished poet Owen Carey and becomes his anonymous benefactor. When Owen inherits a fortune from his rich Uncle Krakerfeller, he assumes his uncle's identity and confers his own upon an impoverished friend, Frank Manners. At a resort, Owen meets the princess and falls in love with her, but is chagrined to discover that she is enamored with Manners. The princess finally discovers Owen's real identity and the two fall in love.

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Cast & Crew.

Alla Nazimova

Princess Triloff / Editor

Charles Bryant

Krakerfeller / Owen Carey / Scenario Writer / Writer

William Irving

Frank Manners

Victor Potel

Pushkin

John Steppling

Isaac Colben

Marian Skinner

Mrs. Colben

Bonnie Hill

Mazie Colben

Emmett King

John Blanchard

Eugene Klum

Bellboy

Rudolph J. Bergquist

Director of Photography

Ray C. Smallwood

Director

Henry Dupuy-Mazuel

Theatre Play

Charles E. Whittaker

Adaptation / Writer

Natacha Rambova

Art Direction

Jean-José Frappa

Writer

Media.

Details.

Release Date
December 6, 1920

Status
Released

Running Time
1h

Content Rating
NR

Genres
Comedy

Last updated: 2025-03-04

This Movie Is About.

lost film

Wiki.

Billions is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film produced by and starring Alla Nazimova and distributed by Metro Pictures. Ray Smallwood directed. It is based on a French play, L'Homme riche, by Jean Jose Frappa and Henry Dupuy-Mazuel.