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''The Great Prince Shan'' is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by
A.E. Coleby Albert Ernest Coleby (1876 – 15 July 1930) was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. Selected filmography Director * ''Peg Woffington'' (1912) * '' Mysteries of London'' (1915) * '' The Lure of Drink'' (1915) * ''K ...
and featuring
Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...
,
Ivy Duke Ivy Duke (9 June 1896, Kensington, London – 8 November 1937, London) was a British actress.Ivy Duke
. bfi.org.uk S ...
,
Tsuru Aoki was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific in the United States during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top billing in American motion pictures. ...
, Valia, David Hawthorne,
Fred Raynham Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era.BFI , Film & TV Database , RAYNHAM, Fred< ...
and
Henry Vibart Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – 30 August 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era ...
in important roles. The film is adapted from the 1922 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was made at
Cricklewood Studios Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British film studios located in Cricklewood, London which operated from 1920 to 1938. Run by Sir Oswald Stoll as the principal base for his newly formed Stoll Pictures, which also ...
by
Stoll Pictures Stoll Pictures was a British film production and distribution company of the silent era, founded in April 1918. Background During the early to mid-1920s it was the largest film company in Britain and one of the biggest in Europe. Its major domes ...
, the largest British production company of the era.
Location shooting Location shooting is the shooting of a film or television production in a real-world setting rather than a sound stage or backlot. The location may be interior or exterior. The filming location may be the same in which the story is set (for exam ...
took place on the
French Riviera The French Riviera (known in French as the ; oc, Còsta d'Azur ; literal translation " Azure Coast") is the Mediterranean coastline of the southeast corner of France. There is no official boundary, but it is usually considered to extend fro ...
.Nelmes p.331 It was one of two films former
Hollywood Hollywood usually refers to: * Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California * Hollywood, a metonym for the cinema of the United States Hollywood may also refer to: Places United States * Hollywood District (disambiguation) * Hollywood, ...
star Hayakawa made for Stoll along with ''
Sen Yan's Devotion ''Sen Yan's Devotion'' is a 1924 British drama film directed and written by A.E. Coleby. Sessue Hayakawa, Tsuru Aoki, Fred Raynham, Jeff Barlow and Tom Coventry featured in the film. Plot A servant of a Japanese prince works to get back impo ...
'' released later the same year.


Plot

The father of a young aristocratic woman is assassinated and she is reluctant to marry a cultured, reserved and brilliant Prince Shan, graduate of Oxford and Harvard, but becomes his mistress.


Cast

*
Sessue Hayakawa , known professionally as , was a Japanese actor and a matinée idol. He was a popular star in Hollywood during the silent film era of the 1910s and early 1920s. Hayakawa was the first actor of Asian descent to achieve stardom as a leading man i ...
as Prince Shan *
Ivy Duke Ivy Duke (9 June 1896, Kensington, London – 8 November 1937, London) was a British actress.Ivy Duke
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as Lady Maggie Trent *
Tsuru Aoki was a Japanese stage and screen actress whose career was most prolific in the United States during the silent film era of the 1910s through the 1920s. Aoki may have been the first Asian actress to garner top billing in American motion pictures. ...
as Nita * Valia as Nadia Karetsky * David Hawthorne as Nigel Dorminster *
Fred Raynham Fred Raynham was a British actor of the silent era.BFI , Film & TV Database , RAYNHAM, Fred< ...
as Immelmann *
Henry Vibart Henry Vibart (25 December 1863 – 30 August 1943) was a Scottish stage and film actor, active from the 1880s until the early 1930s. He appeared in many theatrical roles in the UK and overseas, and featured in over 70 films of the silent era ...
as Earl of Dorminster * Henry Nicholls-Bates as Gilbert Jenson *
A.E. Coleby Albert Ernest Coleby (1876 – 15 July 1930) was a British film director, actor and screenwriter of the silent era. Selected filmography Director * ''Peg Woffington'' (1912) * '' Mysteries of London'' (1915) * '' The Lure of Drink'' (1915) * ''K ...
as Prime Minister


References


Bibliography

* Jill Nelmes. ''An Introduction to Film Studies''. Psychology Press, 2003.


External links

* 1924 films 1924 drama films British drama films Films based on British novels English films British silent feature films British black-and-white films Stoll Pictures films Films shot at Cricklewood Studios Films shot in France 1920s British films Silent drama films {{1920s-UK-film-stub