| Meet the Prince | |
| Director: | Joseph Henabery |
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| Based On: | [1] |
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| Cinematography: | Karl Struss[2] |
| Studio: | Metropolitan Pictures Corporation |
| Distributor: | Producers Distributing Corporation |
| Runtime: | 6 reels; 5,908 feet |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent (English intertitles) |
Meet the Prince is a lost[3] 1926 American comedy-drama[4] silent film directed by Joseph Henabery and starring Joseph Schildkraut and Marguerite De La Motte. It was produced by Metropolitan Pictures Corporation[5] and distributed by Producers Distributing Corporation.
A bankrupt Russian prince (Schildkraut) and princess (Faye) come to New York's Lower East Side to escape a revolution at home. They hatch a plan to marry rich Americans. While pretending to be rich, the prince falls in love with a poor girl (De La Motte), who herself is trying to marry for money. The prince ends up marrying the poor girl, and his sister marries a butler, but they are all happily in love.
The production included an accurate reproduction of the great reception room in the Grand Duke's palace at Petrograd, Russia.[6] [7]
The film was not well received by reviewers.[8] The plot seemed drawn out, and Schildkraut, a skilled dramatic actor, was deemed miscast in his comic role.