The Puppet Crown

{{short description|1915 film by George Melford}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Puppet Crown | image = Thepuppetcrown-1916-newspaperad.jpg | alt = | caption = Newspaper advertisement | director = George Melford | producer = Jesse L. Lasky | screenplay = Harold MacGrath William C. deMille | starring = Ina Claire Carlyle Blackwell Chris Lynton Cleo Ridgely Horace B. Carpenter John Abraham | music = | cinematography = Percy Hilburn (Fr) | editing = | studio = Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1915|7|29}} | runtime = | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''The Puppet Crown''''' is a 1915 American drama silent film directed by George Melford and written by Harold MacGrath and William C. deMille. The film stars Ina Claire, Carlyle Blackwell, Chris Lynton, Cleo Ridgely, Horace B. Carpenter and John Abraham. The film was released on July 29, 1915, by Paramount Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/106886/The-Puppet-Crown/overview|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223184905/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/106886/The-Puppet-Crown/overview|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 December 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide|author=Hal Erickson|title=The-Puppet-Crown - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com|author-link=Hal Erickson (author)|date=2014|accessdate=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/508731/the-puppet-crown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224003036/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/508731/The-Puppet-Crown/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 24, 2014|title=The Puppet Crown (1915) - Overview - TCM.com|work=Turner Classic Movies|access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref>

==Plot== ''The Puppet Crown'' was advertised as a film about a princess who lost her throne but gained a husband.<ref>[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88086023/1915-10-01/ed-1/seq-8/ East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, Umatilla Co., Or.), 01 Oct. 1915]</ref>

== Cast == *Ina Claire as Princess Alexia *Carlyle Blackwell as Bob Carewe *Chris Lynton as King Leopold *Cleo Ridgely as Duchess Sylvia *Horace B. Carpenter as Count Mallendorf *John Abraham as Marshal Kampf *George Gebhardt as Colonel Beauvais *Tom Forman as Lieutenant Von Mitter *Marjorie Daw as Countess Elsa

==Preservation status== * The film is now lost.<ref>[http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8477/default.html The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''The Puppet Crown'']</ref>

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0005935|The Puppet Crown}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Puppet Crown}} Category:1915 films Category:1915 drama films Category:1915 lost films Category:1915 American films Category:1915 English-language films Category:American black-and-white films Category:American silent feature films Category:English-language drama films Category:Films based on American novels Category:Films directed by George Melford Category:Films set in Europe Category:Lost American silent drama films Category:Paramount Pictures films