The Slim Princess (1915 film)

The Slim Princess is a lost[1] 1915 comedic film directed by E. H. Calvert and starring Francis X. Bushman, Ruth Stonehouse and Wallace Beery. (This is believed to have been Beery's first full-length feature film.) The movie was written by Edward T. Lowe, Jr. from a story by George Ade and play by Henry Blossom, and was subsequently remade into a 1920 film starring Mabel Normand. The farcical plot involves a princess of a fictional country, loosely based upon Turkey, in which obese women are prized and the normal-sized protagonist is widely regarded as being too slender.[2]

The Slim Princess
Directed byE. H. Calvert
Based onThe Slim Princess
by Henry Blossom
StarringFrancis X. Bushman
Ruth Stonehouse
Wallace Beery
CinematographyJackson Rose
Distributed byEssanay Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
  • May 24, 1915 (1915-05-24)
Running time
4 reels
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)

Cast

Francis X. Bushman ... Alexander H. Pike
Ruth Stonehouse ... Princess Kalora
Wallace Beery ... Popova
Harry Dunkinson ... Count Selim Malagaski
Terza Bey ... Princess Jeneka
Bryant Washburn ... Rawley Plumston
Lester Cuneo ... The Only Koldo

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References
  1. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: The Slim Princess Retrieved September 16, 2014
  2. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: The Slim Princess Retrieved September 16, 2014


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