Starring Greta Nissen, Lionel Barrymore, William Collier Jr., Marc
McDermott, Carrie Daumery
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Print: black/white
Runtime: 62 min.
Genre: comedy
Print Quality: B
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.