The Dancer and the King

Overview

The secretary of the young king of Bavarre sees and is impressed with a little girl. He watches her dancing in the street. When her father dies, the secretary takes the little dancer under his care and in time she becomes the premiere danseuse of the capital. The young king sees her and becomes infatuated. To win her, he showers attention and riches and in turn she pleads for the poor of the nation. The king grants her request, thereby incurring the enmity of the nobility, who lay all the blame for his acts at the little dancer's door.

Directed by Étienne Arnaud

Top cast

Cecil Spooner

The Dancer

Victor Sutherland

The King of Bavarre

A

Arthur Evans

The Prime Minister

Howard Lang

Giles

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Marquita Dwight

The Countess

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