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  • A Prince of Yesterday (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama
A Prince of Yesterday (1915)
Short | Short, Drama
The Prince of Balanza is the young ruler of a principality of contented subjects. Since the Prince is now twenty years of age, his councilors wish him to marry. A Princess of a neighboring realm is suggested, but the Prince will not ...See moreThe Prince of Balanza is the young ruler of a principality of contented subjects. Since the Prince is now twenty years of age, his councilors wish him to marry. A Princess of a neighboring realm is suggested, but the Prince will not consider a young woman whom he has never seen. Not even yet in love with love, the Prince persuades his friend and adviser, the Duke of Perrettino, to take him in search of adventure to foreign lands. The Duke lays his plans to bring about the marriage on which the councilors have set their hearts. The Prince in his travels comes at last to the walls of the Convent of Palladio. Gazing upon a casement, he sees framed there, the most beautiful young woman he has ever beheld in all his life. The Prince of Ballanza breaks a red rose from a bush and throws it to the divinity. He is further encouraged to see that she hides the flower next her heart. Little does the youth know that the lady is the Princess of Cellini, the one whom his state councilors wish him to marry. The crafty Duke persuades the convent gardener to take the young Prince, who remains incognito, as his assistant. This brings him into his lady's presence. She does not spurn the admiration of the gardener's handsome assistant, since she does not know of her own high station in life. Notes pass between the two. When at last the Princess brings herself to confess that she loves him, she learns immediately after leaving the note at the accustomed hiding place, that she is a lady of high degree. At the same time the Mother Superior tells her that affairs of state require her immediate presence at Cellini. Knowing something of royal customs, the Princess recognizes sadly that she must give up the youth who has won her heart. Accordingly she leaves a second note for him, saying that they will never meet again, as she is going into a far country. The Duke follows to Cellini with the Prince. The lady has already refused the Duke of Florenze, who has asked her hand in marriage, and is overjoyed to find her friend of the convent garden has followed her to Cellini. Willing to abjure her rank for love, the Princess listens to his story, still unconscious of the fact that he is the Prince of Ballanza. Prompted by the Duke, the Prince elopes with the Princess, and all ends happily. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Dec 29, 1915
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Dec 29, 1915 (United States)

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The Prince of Balanza The Prince of Balanza   See fewer
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Margaret Gould
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