The Prince and Betty (1919)

The Prince and Betty

1919

Comedy

Synopsis

Young American John Maude is forced to find a job when he falls in love with society girl Betty Keith. He accepts a sudden offer to go to Mervo, a tiny island country, where he is hired by Benjamin Scobell to pose as the lost prince of Mervo as an attraction to bolster the Mervo casino as a rival of Monte Carlo. Scobell also wants John to marry his stepdaughter, who turns out to be Betty. When Betty accuses John of being simply a shill for a gambling house, John closes the casino and tries to stage a revolution to make Mervo a republic.

Credits

Director

Robert Thornby

Cast

Anita Kay as Mrs. Jack Wheldon

Boris Karloff as Undetermined Role

Frank Lanning as The Shepherd

George Swann as Lord Hayling

Mary Thurman as Betty Keith

Walter Perry as President of Mervo

William De Vaull as Crump

William Desmond as John Maude