''A Yankee Princess'' is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by the

Vitagraph Company of America Vitagraph Studios, also known as the Vitagraph Company of America, was a United States motion picture studio. It was founded by J. Stuart Blackton and Albert E. Smith in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York, as the American Vitagraph Company. By 1907, ...

. It was directed by David Smith and stars

Bessie Love Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton; September 10, 1898April 26, 1986) was an American-British actress who achieved prominence playing innocent, young girls and wholesome leading ladies in silent and early sound films. Her acting career spanned e ...

, who also wrote the screenplay. It is a

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film.

Plot

Poor inventor Michael O'Reilly (Pearce) is an immigrant from Ireland living in the United States. When he suddenly comes into money, he sends his daughter Patsy (Love) is sent to an exclusive boarding school. The snobby students shun her until she claims to be an Irish princess, and they then demand to see her coat of arms. To meet this need, her father buys the family heirlooms of the destitute Irish Windbourne estate. Lord Windbourne (Wetherby) himself appears and becomes engaged to Patsy, with the intention of reclaiming his treasures and her fortune. When she learns his true character, she breaks the engagement, but Windbourne threatens to reveal the O'Reillys' deception. Handsome young Irishman Larry Burke (Gordon) appears with proof that he is the real Lord Windbourne. He proposes to Patsy, who accepts.

Cast

as Patsy O'Reilly * Robert Gordon as Larry Burke *

George Pearce Sir George Foster Pearce KCVO (14 January 1870 – 24 June 1952) was an Australian politician who served as a Senator for Western Australia from 1901 to 1938. He began his career in the Labor Party but later joined the National Labor Party, ...

as Michael O'Reilly * Aggie Herring as Mrs. O'Reilly * J. Carlton Wetherby as Lord Windbourne * Katherine Griffith as Lady Windbourne *

Lydia Yeamans Titus Lydia Yeamans Titus (12 December 1857 – 30 December 1929) was an Australian-born American singer, dancer, comedienne, and actress who had a lengthy career in vaudeville and cinema. She was remembered on stage for her ''Baby-Talk'' act and a ...

as Molly McGuire * Max Asher as The French Chef

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews, although the story was deemed predictable. It was commercially successful. The photography was highly praised, as was the acting, in particular that of Bessie Love.

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* * * * 1919 comedy-drama films 1919 lost films 1919 films American black-and-white films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Films based on short fiction Films directed by David Smith (director) Lost American films Vitagraph Studios films Lost comedy-drama films 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub