Volume II: Filmography

DAUGHTER OF KINGS

May 23, 1915 (Sunday)

Length: 1 reel

Character: Comedy

Cast: Harry Benham (J. Courtleigh Brice), Samuel Niblack (Theo. King, a millionaire), Marguerite Snow (Julie, his daughter), Ethyle Cooke (Princess Sonia, his daughter), Ethel Jewett

Note: The title was listed erroneously as The Daughters of Kings in several listings. In some other listings it appeared as The Daughter of Kings.

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, May 15, 1915:

"J. Courtleigh Brice, son of a self-made father, lives abroad where he does little except spend the money his father has left and lament the fact that he is not of noble birth. Some business connected with his estate brings him back to America. On the wharf he is buttonholed by reporters, who put him down as one who finds American women 'loud,' and quote his declaration that he will marry no one except 'a titled gentlewoman.' The interview especially entertains a certain Julie King, in Brice's home town. She happens to have visiting her, a princess from abroad, and the two put their heads together to give the young man a shock. On J. Courtleigh's arrival, they exchange names and titles. In due time, the misguided Brice proposes to the American girl, who, he supposes, is the princess. When his house of cards comes crashing down upon his head, and the young millionaire finds out how he has been duped, he returns, thoroughly disgusted, on the next boat to Europe."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, May 29, 1915:

"A delicate comedy plot with Marguerite Snow, Harry Benham and others in the cast. The characterizations are not entirely convincing, but the yarn is pleasing. An American girl exchanges places with a princess and pawns herself off on an English fortune teller, as a joke."

REVIEW, The New York Dramatic Mirror, May 26, 1915:

"A single-reel comedy of a light nature featuring Harry Benham and Marguerite Snow, in which two girls resolve to shatter the conceit of a young man of Anglo-maniac tendencies. One of the girls is a real princess, and she and her friend change identities for the purpose of deceiving the young man. The plot is successful, and has a number of amusing situations."

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