Long Live the King

Long Live the King

104 mins | Drama | Nov. 26, 1923

A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people begin to rise in revolution. When the crown prince finally hears the death knell for the late king he immediately attempts to return to the palace, however is abducted by revolutionaries and held captive. Will he be rescued in time to restore order?

Long Live the King

104 mins | Drama | Nov. 26, 1923

Long Live the King
A young crown prince, wishing to be just an ordinary boy, runs away with his friend. The king dies, and when the prince does not appear, the people begin to rise in revolution. When the crown prince finally hears the death knell for the late king he immediately attempts to return to the palace, however is abducted by revolutionaries and held captive. Will he be rescued in time to restore order?
Producers Metro Pictures Corporation
Original title Long Live the King
Directors Victor Schertzinger
Writers Eve Unsell, C. Gardner Sullivan, Mary Roberts Rinehart

Cast

Jackie Coogan

as Crown Prince Ferdinand William Otto

Rosemary Theby

as Countess Olga

Ruth Renick

as Princess Hedwig

Vera Lewis

as Archduchess Annuncita

Alan Hale

as King Karl

Allan Forrest

as Nikky

Walt Whitman

as The Chancellor

Robert Brower

as The King

Ruth Handforth

as Mrs. Braithwaite the Governess

Eddie Boland

as Chief Guard

Henry A. Barrows

as The Bishop (as Henry Barrows)

Mary Carlisle

as Minor Role (uncredited)