History ·Mystery ·Documentary · United States of America · 1937 · 10m

The King Without a Crown

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Director
Jacques Tourneur
Cast
Carey Wilson as Narrator (voice) Scotty Beckett as Louis XVII, the Dauphin (uncredited) John Burton as Inquiring French Nobleman Hudson (uncredited) Doris Lloyd as Marie Antoinette (uncredited) Leonard Mudie as Missionary Eleazar Williams (uncredited) Zeffie Tilbury as Dying Duchess Marie (uncredited)
Crew
Charles Lawton Jr. — Director of Photography Herman Boxer — Screenplay
Synopsis

This short explores the possibility that Louis XVII, son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, escaped death during the French Revolution and was raised by Indians in America.

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Key Collaborators
Jacques Tourneur Director Charles Lawton Jr. Director of Photography Herman Boxer Screenplay
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