A Yankee Princess
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| Directed by | David Smith |
| Written by | Bessie Love (scenario) |
| Based on | "The Yankee Princess" (story) by Bernard McConville[1] |
| Starring | Bessie Love |
| Cinematography | Clyde De Vinna[2] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 5 reels; 4,646 feet[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
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A Yankee Princess is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It was directed by David Smith and stars Bessie Love, who also wrote the screenplay. It is a lost film.[4][5]
Plot
[edit | edit source]Poor inventor Michael O'Reilly (Pearce) is an immigrant from Ireland living in the United States. When he suddenly comes into money, he sends his daughter Patsy (Love) is sent to an exclusive boarding school. The snobby students shun her until she claims to be an Irish princess, and they then demand to see her coat of arms. To meet this need, her father buys the family heirlooms of the destitute Irish Windbourne estate.
Lord Windbourne (Wetherby) himself appears and becomes engaged to Patsy, with the intention of reclaiming his treasures and her fortune. When she learns his true character, she breaks the engagement, but Windbourne threatens to reveal the O'Reillys' deception.
Handsome young Irishman Larry Burke (Gordon) appears with proof that he is the real Lord Windbourne. He proposes to Patsy, who accepts.[3][6][7][8]
Cast
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- Bessie Love as Patsy O'Reilly
- Robert Gordon as Larry Burke
- George Pearce as Michael O'Reilly
- Aggie Herring as Mrs. O'Reilly
- J. Carlton Wetherby as Lord Windbourne
- Katherine Griffith as Lady Windbourne
- Lydia Yeamans Titus as Molly McGuire
- Max Asher as The French Chef
Reception
[edit | edit source]The film received generally positive reviews, although the story was deemed predictable.[6][8][9][10][11][12] It was commercially successful.[9][12] The photography was highly praised,[6] as was the acting,[3] in particular that of Bessie Love.[13][14][15]
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External links
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- A Yankee Princess at IMDbLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- A Yankee Princess at the TCM Movie Database
- A Yankee Princess at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
- 1919 films
- 1919 comedy-drama films
- 1919 lost films
- 1910s American films
- 1910s English-language films
- American black-and-white films
- American silent feature films
- English-language comedy-drama films
- Films based on short fiction
- Films directed by David Smith (director)
- Lost American silent comedy-drama films
- Vitagraph Studios films
- Silent comedy-drama film stubs