A Pair of Kings (film)

1922 film

  • June 11, 1922 (1922-06-11)
Running time
17 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent (English intertitles)

A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.[1]

Lobby card

Plot

As described in a film magazine,[2] King August (Semon) is threatened with a revolution and death, so he abdicates in favor of the Stranger (Semon), a dockworker who looks like the King, who is hidden in a box and smuggled into the palace. The new ruler proves too lively for the plotters, and after smashing numerous vases over their heads, the plotters are dumped into a cistern beneath the palace. The dockworker is knighted by the newly crowned queen (Carlisle).

Cast

  • Larry Semon as King August / Stranger
  • Lucille Carlisle as Princess Lucille
  • Oliver Hardy as General Alarm (credited as Babe Hardy)
  • William Hauber as Bit Role (uncredited)
  • Joe Rock as Bit Role (uncredited)

See also

  • Oliver Hardy filmography

References

  1. ^ "Progressive Silent Film List: A Pair of Kings". Silent Era Information & News. Retrieved August 31, 2012.
  2. ^ "Reviews: A Pair of Kings". Exhibitors Herald. 14 (22). New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company: 48. May 27, 1922.
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