His Majesty, the American
About His Majesty, the American
Bill Brooks leaves New York after a district attorney starts jailing people for small offenses. A telegram sends him to a foreign capital, where plotters try to take him and a minister of war moves on the king. Brooks puts on an officer's coat, brings a garrison back, and stops the revolt. King Phillipe names him heir. He marries Felice, Countess of Montenac. Douglas Fairbanks plays Brooks.
Cast & crew
More about His Majesty, the American
Joseph Henabery directed. He and Fairbanks wrote it. Fairbanks produced. Victor Fleming photographed. United Artists released it. The Chicago opening was August 31, 1919. It was the first film UA distributed. In Britain it was called One of the Blood. Marjorie Daw plays Felice. Frank Campeau plays Grand Duke Sarzeau. The English-language article lists 96 minutes. Prints are in the Cohen Media Group (a 35mm from the Raymond Rohauer collection), at the EmGee Film Library (16mm), and in private collections.
Themes
Look
Victor Fleming photographed the New York opening and the palace revolt.
Preservation
Prints survive: a 35mm in the Cohen Media Group (Rohauer) and 16mm copies at EmGee and in private collections.
Notes
- Boris Karloff, uncredited, is in the crowd that storms the inn, with a mustache and a cloth cap, and again on the stairs.
- The kingdom is not named in the article. The king is Phillipe IV.
- Bull Montana is billed.
- The British title is One of the Blood.
Scenes
- Brooks puts on an officer's uniform and returns with the garrison.
- The king names him heir.
Also available
- Cohen Media Group
- EmGee Film Library
