''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. 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, lost film.
Motography: The Motion Picture Trade Journal, Volume 16, Chicago February 26, 1916
Retrieved December 11, 2015
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
See also
*John Barrymore filmography
References
External links
''Nearly a King'' at IMDb.com''Nearly a King''; allmovie.com/ synopsislobby card production still
archived)
1916 films
American silent feature films
Lost American films
Films based on short fiction
1910s romantic comedy films
American romantic comedy films
American black-and-white films
1916 comedy films
Films directed by Frederick A. Thomson
1910s American films
Silent romantic comedy films
Silent American comedy films
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