Billions

Billions

60 mins | Comedy | Dec. 6, 1920

Princess Triloff, an emigrée from Czarist Russia, escapes to America where she becomes a patron of the arts. She falls in love with the verses of impoverished poet Owen Carey and becomes his anonymous benefactor. When Owen inherits a fortune from his rich Uncle Krakerfeller, he assumes his uncle's identity and confers his own upon an impoverished friend, Frank Manners. At a resort, Owen meets the princess and falls in love with her, but is chagrined to discover that she is enamored with Manners. The princess finally discovers Owen's real identity and the two fall in love.

Billions

60 mins | Comedy | Dec. 6, 1920

Billions
Princess Triloff, an emigrée from Czarist Russia, escapes to America where she becomes a patron of the arts. She falls in love with the verses of impoverished poet Owen Carey and becomes his anonymous benefactor. When Owen inherits a fortune from his rich Uncle Krakerfeller, he assumes his uncle's identity and confers his own upon an impoverished friend, Frank Manners. At a resort, Owen meets the princess and falls in love with her, but is chagrined to discover that she is enamored with Manners. The princess finally discovers Owen's real identity and the two fall in love.
Producers Nazimova Productions
Original title Billions
Directors Ray C. Smallwood
Writers Charles Bryant, Henry Dupuy-Mazuel, Charles E. Whittaker

Cast

Alla Nazimova

as Princess Triloff

Charles Bryant

as Krakerfeller / Owen Carey

William Irving

as Frank Manners

Victor Potel

as Pushkin

John Steppling

as Isaac Colben

Marian Skinner

as Mrs. Colben

Bonnie Hill

as Mazie Colben

Emmett King

as John Blanchard

Eugene Klum

as Bellboy