The Lucky Lady (1926) DVD

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The Lucky Lady (1926)

Director:

Raoul Walsh

Writers:

Bertram Bloch (story), James T. O'Donohoe

Stars:

Greta Nissen, Lionel Barrymore, William Collier Jr.

Another of Raoul Walsh's "lost" silent films, Lucky Lady stars Gretta Niessen as the title character. Convent-bred to assume her position of nobility when the time comes, Princess Antoinette (Niessen) plays hooky from school one day to attend a theatrical performance. Here she meets a handsome young American (William Collier Jr.), and it's love at first sight. Meanwhile, in the Princess' home country, the Prime Minister (Marc MacDermott) plots to quell a rebellion by arranging a marriage between Antoinette and the Grand Duke (Lionel Barrymore). Assuming that the young American is a spy for the rebels, the Prime Minister does his best to break up the Princess' romance, but love wins out over politics in the end.

Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017089/?ref_=fn_al_tt_5

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Simply awesome film

Posted by Sam MB on Jun 22nd 2016

This is a very funny, very lively film with Lionel Barrymore and Anna Nissen at top form in a semi-romantic comedy. Most can't conceive of the oldest Barrymore as a romantic star, but in this (and several other silent films) he cleans up very well, adopts his brother John's casual peacock strut, and proves both funny and arrogant enough for the plot. Nissen plays beautifully the princess in the middle of political machinations told to marry Barrymore's count, who is in debt to the country's casinos (think Monte Carlo). He agrees to marry in spite of his desire to continue playing the rake. Nissen plays a double role, and there's a subplot of an American she meets who gets tangled up in the craziness. The film needs some restoring, but it was great to see it, and I was very pleasantly surprised how amusing and contemporary it was. Great scenery inside and out, amazing costuming.