When a Man's a Prince

Overview

The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."

Directed by Edward F. Cline

Top cast

Ben Turpin

Prince Nikolo

Madeline Hurlock

Madeline - Lady-in-Waiting

Dave Morris

Grand Duke Ludwig

Blanche Payson

Hilda - Princess of Amazonia

Yorke Sherwood

Jake - King of Jestphalia

Sunshine Hart

Katinka - Queen of Jestphalia

D

Danny O'Shea

Baron Borax

William McCall

Minister of War

Art Rowlands

Guardsman

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