''The Grand Duchess and the Waiter'' is a 1926 American silent

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film directed by

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and starring

Florence Vidor Florence Vidor (née Cobb, later Arto; July 23, 1895 – November 3, 1977) was an American silent film actress. Early life Vidor was born in Houston on July 23, 1895, to John and Ida Cobb. Her parents had married in Houston on March 3, 1894, bu ...

and

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. The film is based on a 1925 Broadway play of the same name starring stage actress

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, who had recently returned to Broadway after years in the film colony. A print of this film is preserved at the

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, a Paris millionaire becomes infatuated with a grand duchess. Ignored in his efforts to meet her, he becomes a floor-waiter in the suite which the royal guests occupy. He fails miserably in this job and the grand duchess, to punish him, makes him a member of her cortege, and assigns him to very menial labor. The duchess, however, finally falls in love with him but is forced to repulse him when others of the royal party find her in the waiter’s arms after she has swooned. Months later, while despondently searching for her, the waiter finds her the proprietor of a humble inn and they are reunited.

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The film has been issued on VHS but has yet to see a DVD release.Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Grand Duchess and the Waiter''
at silentera.com

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