The Great Prince Shan is a 1924 British silent drama film directed by A.E. Coleby and featuring Sessue Hayakawa,[1] Ivy Duke, Tsuru Aoki, Valia, David Hawthorne, Fred Raynham and Henry Vibart in important roles. The film is adapted from the 1922 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppenheim. It was made at Cricklewood Studios by Stoll Pictures, the largest British production company of the era. Location shooting took place on the French Riviera.[2] It was one of two films former Hollywood star Hayakawa made for Stoll along with Sen Yan's Devotion released later the same year.

The Great Prince Shan
Directed byA.E. Coleby
Based onThe Great Prince Shan
by E. Phillips Oppenheim
StarringSessue Hayakawa
Ivy Duke
Tsuru Aoki
Valia
Production
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Distributed byStoll Pictures
Release date
  • May 1924 (1924-05) (UK)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Plot

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The father of a young aristocratic woman is assassinated and she is reluctant to marry a cultured, reserved and brilliant Prince Shan, graduate of Oxford and Harvard, but becomes his mistress.

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References

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  1. ^ Miyao, Daisuke (28 March 2007). Sessue Hayakawa: Silent Cinema and Transnational Stardom. Duke University Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-0-8223-3969-4.
  2. ^ Nelmes p.331

Bibliography

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  • Jill Nelmes. An Introduction to Film Studies. Psychology Press, 2003.
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