The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
(1926) American
B&W : Seven reels / 6314 feet
Directed by Malcolm St. Clair

Cast: Florence Vidor [Grand Duchess Zenia], Adolphe Menjou [Albert Durant], Lawrence Grant [Grand Duke Peter], André Beranger [Grand Duke Paul], Dot Farley [Prascovia], Barbara Pierce [Henriette], Brandon Hurst [Matard], William Courtright [Blake]

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by Pierre Collings, from the adaptation by John Lynch of the play La Grande-duchesse et le garçon d’etage (The Grand Duchess and the Waiter) by Alfred Savoir. Cinematography by Lee Garmes. Presented by Adolph Zukor and Jesse L. Lasky. / © 11 February 1926 [LP22392]. Released 8 February 1926. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format.

Comedy: Romance.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F2 n. F2.2207.

Survival Status: Prints exist in the Em Gee Film Library film collection [16mm reduction positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Disguises - Emigres - France: Paris - Russians

Listing updated: 21 October 2004.

References: AFI-F2 n. F2.2207; Bardèche-History p. 291; Bohn-Light p. 162; FilmDaily-1926 p. 40; Limbacher-Feature p. 97; Paris-Brooks p. 132 : ClasIm-223 p. 48.