The Prince and Betty

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.

• Release date
• December 21, 1919
• Runtime
• 50 min
• Genres
• Comedy
• Director
• Robert Thornby

Cast

William Desmond John Maude Mary Thurman Betty Keith

A

Anita Kay Mrs. Jack Wheldon

G

George Swann Lord Hayling

W

Walter Perry President of Mervo

W

Wilton Taylor Benjamin Scobell

W

William De Vaull Crump Frank Lanning The Shepherd