''His Royal Slyness'' is a 1920 American short

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

featuring

Harold Lloyd Harold Clayton Lloyd, Sr. (April 20, 1893 – March 8, 1971) was an American actor, comedian, and stunt performer who appeared in many silent comedy films.Obituary '' Variety'', March 10, 1971, page 55. One of the most influential film c ...

. It marked the final collaboration with frequent co-star

Snub Pollard Harold Fraser (9 November 1889 – 19 January 1962), known professionally as Snub Pollard, was an Australian-born vaudevillian, who became a silent film comedian in Hollywood, popular in the 1920s. Career Born in Melbourne, Australia, on 9 No ...

, who moved on to star in his own series of films following this release. This film was remade in 1927 as ''

Long Fliv the King ''Long Fliv the King'' is a 1926 American silent comedy short film starring Charley Chase and featuring Oliver Hardy and Max Davidson in supporting roles. It is a remake of the 1920 Harold Lloyd film ''His Royal Slyness'' about a young man who ...

'' which featured Oliver Hardy.

Plot

The Prince of Razzamatazz is in America being educated. He receives a telegram telling him to travel to the Kingdom of Thermosa to vie with a drunken rival, the Prince of Roquefort, to marry "the fairest bud of the kingdom": Princess Florelle. The Prince of Razzamatazz is unhappy about this development because he would prefer to marry his female tutor, Verona Vermuth. When the tutor sees that an "American boy", a book agent, bears a striking resemblance to the prince, she convinces the American boy to take the prince's place. His bodyguard accepts a large bribe to go along with the plan. Immediately after the American boy leaves, the prince informs his tutor that since he can no longer be a prince, he is cut off from all royal funds. The tutor quickly turns on him and throws him out of her home. Upon arriving in Thermosa, the American boy has to escape a violent anti-monarchist mob. Once he gets to the palace, he has second thoughts about replacing the prince, but he changes his mind when he sees several pretty ladies-in-waiting and Princess Florelle. Florelle eventually chooses the American boy over the Prince of Roquefort. Shortly afterward, the real Prince of Razzamatazz arrives and exposes the American boy as a fraud. The boy is thrown out onto the street just as the agitated anti-monarchist mob is attacking the royal palace. The American boy accidentally fires a cannon into the palace—winning himself the new job as the country's president, while the monarchy topples. As president, he rushes back inside the palace to rescue Florelle and her parents from the mob, using his presidential powers.

Cast

as The American Boy *

Mildred Davis Mildred Hillary Davis (February 22, 1901The reference book ''Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory'' gives Davis's birth date as January 1, 1900.August 18, 1969) was an American actress who appeared in fifteen of Harold Lloyd's cla ...

as Princess Florelle of Thermosa * Harry "Snub" Pollard as Prince of Roquefort *

Gus Leonard Gus "Pop" Leonard (February 4, 1859 – March 27, 1939) was an American film actor. Biography The French-born actor began his long career on the stage in San Francisco, California, while he was still a child in the 1860s. In later years, h ...

as King Louis XIVIIX of Thermosa / Bolshevik orator *

Noah Young Noah Young, Jr. (February 2, 1887 – April 18, 1958) was a champion weightlifter and actor. Biography Young was born in Cañon City, Colorado. His father, Noah Young, was a foreman of the Glenrock coal mine who later became a coal mine i ...

as Count Nichola Throwe, Bodyguard *

Gaylord Lloyd Gaylord Fraser Lloyd (March 20, 1888 – September 1, 1943http://death-records.mooseroots.com/l/206807310/Gaylord-Fraser-Lloyd ) was an actor and assistant director, known for ''Dodge Your Debts'' (1921), ''Trolley Troubles'' (1921) and ''Why Wo ...

as Prince of Razzamatazz (uncredited) *

Marie Mosquini Marie Mosquini (born Marie de Esy; December 3, 1899 – February 21, 1983) was an American film actress. Biography Born in 1899, Mosquini appeared in more than 200 silent films between 1917 and 1929. After leaving high school she became the res ...

as Verona Vermuth (uncredited) * Hazel Powell as Verona's maid (uncredited) *

Helen Gilmore Helen Gilmore (born Antoinette A. Field, c. 1872 – April 1936) was an American actress of the stage and silent motion pictures from Louisville, Kentucky. She appeared in well over 100 films between 1913 and 1932. Early life and career In a ...

as Queen of Thermosa (uncredited) *

William Gillespie William or Bill Gillespie may refer to: * William Gillespie (actor) (1894–1938), Scottish actor * William Gillespie (New Zealand politician) (1893–1961), New Zealand politician of the National Party * William Ernest Gillespie (1912–1967), A ...

as Courtier / Revolutionary (uncredited) *

Sammy Brooks Sammy Brooks (July 10, 1891 – May 16, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (19 ...

(uncredited) * Estelle Harrison as Court Assistant (uncredited) *

Wallace Howe Wallace Howe (March 4, 1878 in Fitchburg, Massachusetts – November 23, 1957 in Los Angeles, California), born Orlando Wallace Howe, was an American film actor. He appeared in 104 films between 1918 and 1936, including many films with Harold Llo ...

as Courtier/Revolutionary (uncredited) *

Robert Emmett O'Connor Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an Irish-American actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best remembered as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in '' The Public En ...

(uncredited) * Charles Stevenson as Book Refuser/Courtier (uncredited)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:His Roya Slyness 1920 films 1920 comedy films 1920 short films Silent American comedy films American silent short films American black-and-white films Films directed by Hal Roach Films with screenplays by H. M. Walker American comedy short films 1920s American films

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