The king on Main Street / Famous Players-Lasky ; presented by Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky ; direction-adaptation, Monta Bell ; screenplay, Douglas Z. Doty.

Format:

Video

Author/Creator:

Motion picture adaptation of (work): Ditrichstein, Leo, 1865-1928, King., author.

Contributor:

Bell, Monta, film director.

Menjou, Adolphe, 1890-1963, actor.

Love, Bessie, actor.

Loving the Classics (Firm), publisher.

Language:

English

No linguistic content

Subjects (All):

Ditrichstein, Leo, 1865-1928--Film adaptations.

Ditrichstein, Leo.

Man-woman relationships--Drama.

Man-woman relationships.

Petroleum industry and trade--Drama.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Coney Island (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.

Coney Island (New York, N.Y.).

New York (State)--New York--Coney Island.

Genre:

Silent films.

Romantic comedy films.

Film adaptations.

Feature films.

Drama.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (46 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

[United States?] : Loving the Classics, 2008.

Language Note:

Silent film with English intertitles and added musical accompaniment.

System Details:

DVD-R, NTSC; full frame (1.37:1) presentation.

Summary:

When the king of oli-rich Molvania visits New York, he falls in love with a local girl. A potential investor in the Molvania oilfields uses the romance to leverage a lucrative contract.

Participant:

Adolphe Menjou, Bessie Love, Greta Nissen, Oscar Shaw, Joseph Kilgour, Edgar Norton, Mario Majeroni , Carlotta Monterey, Marcia Harris, Edouard Durand.

Credits:

Photography, James Wong Howe; art director, Sam Corso.

Notes:

Based on The king / by Leo Ditrichstein, which is based on Le roi / [by] Gaston Arman de Caillavet, Robert de Flers, and Emmanuel Arène.

Credits from opening frames.

Original duration of film was 60 min.

Videodisc release of a motion picture produced in 1925.

Local Notes:

Kodascope home movies version.

Related Work:

Motion picture adaptation of: Ditrichstein, Leo, 1865-1928, King., author.

OCLC:

1386275591