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When Love Is King is a american film of genre Comedy-drama with Richard Tucker
When Love Is King (1916)
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Add to a movie listOriginUSA
Genres Comedy-drama
When Love Is King is a 1916 silent film comedy drama produced and distributed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. in conjunction with George Kleine. The film is a starring debut for stage actress Carroll McComas.
The film is preserved at the Library of Congress.
Actors
Richard Tucker
(Felix, the King)
Carroll McComas
(Marcia Morton)
Bigelow Cooper
(J.P. Morton)
Charles Sutton
(The Ambassador)
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