Greater Than a Crown explained

Greater Than a Crown
Director:Roy William Neill
Producer:William Fox
Studio:Fox Film
Distributor:Fox Film
Runtime:1 hour
Country:United States
Language:Silent (English intertitles)

Greater Than a Crown is a 1925 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Edmund Lowe, Dolores Costello, and Margaret Livingston.[1] It was based on a 1918 novel The Lady from Long Acre by the British writer Victor Bridges.[2] [3] The novel had previously been adapted as the 1921 film The Lady from Longacre.

Plot

An American man in London assists an escaped Princess who has fled to England to escape a royal marriage. After she is kidnapped and taken home, he goes to rescue her with the assistance of his English actress friend.

Preservation

A print of Greater Than a Crown is preserved in a foreign film archive.[4]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Solomon p. 294
  2. http://catalog.afi.com/Film/9501-GREATER-THANACROWN?sid=2d63479d-cdf6-48bd-b890-d7d1edfaa4f1&sr= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films 1893-1993: Greater Than a Crown
  3. http://silentera.com/PSFL/data/G/GreaterThanACrown1925.html Progressive Silent Film List: Greater Than a Crown
  4. http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5810/default.html The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Greater Than a Crown