Anthony Hope's classic adventure novel had already been filmed twice by the time this lavish silent adaptation came out. Lewis Stone plays the dual role of King Rudolf V of Ruritania and his distant cousin, English tourist Rudolf Rassendyll, who poses as the ailing ruler at his coronation and later stops a plot to seize the throne. Alice Terry and Ramon Novarro (billed as Ramon Samaniegos) also star. 115 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score. Silent with music score.