Nearly a King

Nearly a King
Nearly a King
	Newspaper advertisement
Directed by	Frederick A. Thomson
Written by	William Clifford (orig. screen story)
Produced by	Adolph Zukor
Starring	John Barrymore
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 10, 1916;
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent film(English intertitles)

Nearly a King is a 1916 silent film romantic comedy directed by Frederick A. Thomson, produced by Famous Players Film Company and distributed by Paramount Pictures.^[1] John Barrymore stars in a story written for the screen. Barrymore's first wife Katherine Corri Harris makes her screen debut with him in this picture. Frederick Thomson directed and this is now a lost film.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

One of the earliest screen appearances of a young Adolphe Menjou, just 25 years old.

Cast

John Barrymore - 1.Jack Merriwell, 2. The Prince of Bulwana, 3.himself-an out of work actor)
Katherine Corri Harris - The Princess
Russell Bassett - Regent of Okam
Beatrice Prentice - Marya
Martin Alsop - Grant Mason
Fred McGuirk - Olaf
Adolphe Menjou - Baron

^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Nearly a King
^ Nearly a King at silentera.com
^ The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films:1911-20 by The American Film Institute, c.1988
^ John Barrymore: A Bio-Bibliography by Martin Norden, c. 1995
^ Motography: The Motion Picture Trade Journal, Volume 16, Chicago February 26, 1916 Retrieved December 11, 2015

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