His Majesty, Bunker Bean
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| Directed by | William Desmond Taylor |
| Produced by | Jesse L. Lasky |
| Screenplay by | Julia Crawford Ivers Harry Leon Wilson |
| Starring | Jack Pickford Louise Huff Jack McDonald Frances Clanton Peggy O'Connell Edythe Chapman |
| Cinematography | Homer Scott |
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Production
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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time
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50 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
His Majesty, Bunker Bean is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Jack McDonald, Frances Clanton, Peggy O'Connell, and Edythe Chapman. The film was released on April 8, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.[1][2][3]
Plot
As described in a film magazine,[4] through a clairvoyant Bunker Bean (Pickford) learns that in his various incarnations he has been Napoleon and Ramtah, an Egyptian king, and these facts spur him to greater things. He falls heir to some money and invests in some stock which yields big returns and in a mummy of Ramtah, his first incarnation. He marries the daughter of his boss and, although at first afraid to face her parents, he summons the personages of his various incarnations to give him the strength to conquer and win them over.
Cast
- Jack Pickford as Bunker Bean
- Louise Huff as Breede's daughter
- Jack McDonald as Jim Breede
- Frances Clanton as Mrs. Wife
- Peggy O'Connell as Breede's oldest daughter
- Edythe Chapman as Older Mrs. Breede
- Jack Hoxie as The greatest pitcher
- Gustav von Seyffertitz as Professor Balthasar
- Edith M. Lessing as Countess Casanova
Preservation status
Currently the picture is lost.[5][6]
- Warner Brothers remade the film in 1925 starring Matt Moore. That film survives abridged or incomplete.[7][8]
References
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- ↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: His Majesty, Bunker Bean
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- ↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: His Majesty, Bunker Bean
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918) at silentera.com
- ↑ Progressive Silent Film List: His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925) at silentera.com
- ↑ 1925 film LoC database
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). His Majesty, Bunker Bean at IMDb
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