The King On Main Street

A European Ruler falls in love with an American.

Cast

Adolphe Menjou

as Serge IV

Bessie Love

as Mary Young

Greta Nissen

as Thérése Manix

Edgar Norton

as Hugo Jensen

Oscar Shaw

as John Rockland

Joseph Kilgour

as Arthur Trent (uncredited)

Mario Majeroni

as Count Krenko (uncredited)

Carlotta Monterey

as Mrs. Nash (uncredited)

Marcia Harris

as Tabitha Young (uncredited)

Edouard Durand

as Bourdier (uncredited)

Reviews

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"King Serge" (Adolphe Menjou) reigns over the impoverished kingdom of Molvania. Faced with the choice of an unwanted marriage or his brokering an oil deal, he heads to the good old US of A, ostensibly to sort out the deal, but where he manages to escape some of the trappings of his rather formal exi...

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