Princess Virtue Explained

Princess Virtue
Director:	Robert Z. Leonard
Cinematography:	Alfred Gosden
Studio:	Bluebird Photoplays
Distributor:	Universal Pictures
Runtime:	60 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	Silent English intertitles

Princess Virtue is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Mae Murray, Lule Warrenton and Wheeler Oakman.^[1] An incomplete copy was found and kept in the Library of Congress.^[2] Prints and/or fragments were found in the Dawson Film Find in 1978.

Cast

• Mae Murray as Lianne Demarest
• Lule Warrenton as Clare Demarest
• Wheeler Oakman as Basil Demarest
• Clarissa Selwynne as Countess Oudoff
• Gretchen Lederer as Mlle. Sari
• Harry von Meter as Count Oudoff
• Paul Nicholson as Baron Strensky
• Jean Hersholt as Emile Carre

Production

The Hotel del Coronado's Tent City setting is featured in the film.^[3]

Bibliography

• James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. Film directors: a guide to their American films. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

Notes and References

1. Parish & Pitts p.229
3. Web site: Famous Films & Movie Star Guests The Del's Hollywood Connection . 2022-12-09 . . en-US.