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The Crown Prince’s Double
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Five reels
Directed by Van Dyke Brooke

Cast: Maurice Costello [Prince Oscar / Barry Lawrence], Norma Talmadge [Shirley Rives], Howard Hall [King Gustave], Anders Randolf [Baron Hagar], Thomas R. Mills [Peter Hart], Thomas Brooke (Tom Brooke) [minister of state], Daniel Leighton [Detective Brennan], Anna Laughlin [Isabelle Hart], Leila Blau [Mrs. Wilmerding], Isabella Hart

The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by V-L-S-E, Incorporated. / Scenario by Ann Mayring, from a screen story by Gilbert Patten. / Premiered 26 December 1915 in New York, New York. Released 7 February 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 June 2012.

References: Website-IMDb; Website-Talmadge.