''The Puppet Crown'' is a 1915 American

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directed by

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and written by

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and

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. The film stars

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Carlyle Blackwell Carlyle Blackwell (January 20, 1884 – June 17, 1955) was an American silent film actor, film director, director and film producer, producer. Early years Blackwell was born in Troy, Pennsylvania. He studied at Cornell University before J. Stewa ...

, Chris Lynton, Cleo Ridgely, Horace B. Carpenter and John Abraham. The film was released on July 29, 1915, by

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Plot

''The Puppet Crown'' was advertised as a film about a princess who lost her throne but gained a husband.

Cast

as Princess Alexia *

as Bob Carewe *Chris Lynton as King Leopold * Cleo Ridgely as Duchess Sylvia * Horace B. Carpenter as Count Mallendorf *John Abraham as Marshal Kampf *

George Gebhardt George Gebhardt (September 21, 1879 – May 2, 1919) was an American silent film actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1908 and 1922. He was born in Basel, Switzerland and died in Edendale, Los Angeles from tuberculosis. Select ...

as Colonel Beauvais * Tom Forman as Lieutenant Von Mitter * Marjorie Daw as Countess Elsa

Preservation status

* The film is now lost.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Puppet Crown''
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