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His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)

His Majesty, Bunker Bean poster
Directed by
William Desmond Taylor
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
50 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man inherits money and pretends to be a king. He goes on a series of comic misadventures in high society.

slapsticklightheartedwhimsicalplayfuldatedcheerfulfast-paced

What happens

His Majesty, Bunker Bean is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by William Desmond Taylor. The film's screenplay was written by Julia Crawford Ivers who adapted her story from both Harry Leon Wilson's 1912 novel Bunker Bean and the novel's subsequent stage adaption, His Majesty Bunker Bean by Lee Wilson Dodd. The film stars Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Jack McDonald, Frances Clanton, Peggy O'Connell, and Edythe Chapman. The film was released by Paramount Pictures on April 8, 1918. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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