''The Puppet Crown'' is a 1915 American

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directed by

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and written by Harold MacGrath and William C. deMille. The film stars

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, Carlyle Blackwell, Chris Lynton,

Cleo Ridgely Cleo Ridgely-Horne (born Freda Cleo Helwig, May 12, 1893 – August 18, 1962) was a star of silent and sound motion pictures. Her career began early in the silent film era, in 1911, and continued for forty years. She retired in the 1930s bu ...

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and John Abraham. The film was released on July 29, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.

Plot

''The Puppet Crown'' was advertised as a film about a princess who lost her throne but gained a husband.

Cast

as Princess Alexia * Carlyle Blackwell as Bob Carewe *Chris Lynton as King Leopold *

as Duchess Sylvia *

as Count Mallendorf *John Abraham as Marshal Kampf *

George Gebhardt George Gebhardt (September 21, 1879 – May 2, 1919) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1908 and 1922. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and died in Edendale, Los Angeles from tuberculosis. Selecte ...

as Colonel Beauvais * Tom Forman as Lieutenant Von Mitter * Marjorie Daw as Countess Elsa

Preservation status

* The film is now lost.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Puppet Crown''
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References

External links

* * 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1915 drama films Lost American films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by George Melford American black-and-white films American silent feature films Films set in Europe Films based on American novels 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub