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