A Pair of Kings | |
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Directed by |
Larry Semon Norman Taurog |
Written by | Larry Semon Norman Taurog |
Produced by | Larry Semon Albert E. Smith |
Starring | Oliver Hardy |
Cinematography | Hans F. Koenekamp |
Distributed by | Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 17 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. [1]
As described in a film magazine, [2] King August (Semon) is threatened with a revolution and death, so he abdicates in favor of the Stranger (Semon), a dockworker who looks like the King, who is hidden in a box and smuggled into the palace. The new ruler proves too lively for the plotters, and after smashing numerous vases over their heads, the plotters are dumped into a cistern beneath the palace. The dockworker is knighted by the newly crowned queen (Carlisle).