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Nearly a King is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Frederick A. Thomson released in USA on 20 january 1916 with John Barrymore

Nearly a King (1916)

Nearly a King
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Released in USA 20 january 1916
OriginUSA
Genres Comedy,    Romantic comedy,    Romance
Rating69% 3.451583.451583.451583.451583.45158

Nearly a King is a 1916 silent film romantic comedy 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.

One of the earliest screen appearances of a young Adolphe Menjou, just 25 years old.

Actors

John Barrymore

(Jack Merriwell, Prince of Bulwana)Adolphe Menjou

(Baron)Russell Bassett

(Regent of Okam)Beatrice Prentice

(Marya)
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