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His Royal Slyness (1920)

His Royal Slyness poster
Directed by
Hal Roach
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
27 min
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 25 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedic mix-up leads a man to impersonate royalty. He gets into various silly situations.

lightheartedplayfulbriskslapstickwhimsicalcomedic

What happens

His Royal Slyness is a 1920 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It marked the final collaboration with frequent co-star Snub Pollard, who moved on to star in his own series of films following this release. This film was remade in 1927 as Long Fliv the King which featured Oliver Hardy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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