When a Man's a Prince (1926)
The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."
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Ben TurpinPrince Nikolo
Madeline HurlockMadeline - Lady-in-WaitingDave MorrisGrand Duke Ludwig
Blanche PaysonHilda - Princess of Amazonia
Yorke SherwoodJake - King of Jestphalia
Sunshine HartKatinka - Queen of JestphaliaDanny O'SheaBaron Borax
William McCallMinister of War
Art RowlandsGuardsmanMovie DNA
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The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."