His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925 film)

His Majesty, Bunker Bean
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Directed by	Harry Beaumont
Written by	Julien Josephson
Based on	play, His Majesty Bunker Bean by Lee Wilson Dodd, adapted from a novel Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson
Produced by	Warner Brothers
Starring	Matt Moore Dorothy Devore
Cinematography	Byron Haskin Frank Kesson
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	September 19, 1925 (1925-09-19)
Running time	8 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Budget	$84,000 [1]
Box office	$130,000 [1]

His Majesty, Bunker Bean is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Harry Beaumont and starring Matt Moore. It is based on a 1915 play, ^[2] His Majesty, Bunker Bean by Lee Wilson Dodd, taken from a novel Bunker Bean by Harry Leon Wilson. ^[3] It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros. ^{[4] [5]}

Plot

As described in a film magazine review, ^[6] Bunker Bean, who is the stenographer of Jim Breede, a millionaire, is an imaginative youth who is told by a clairvoyant that he is the reincarnation of an Egyptian king. He tries to act the part of the king, and in so doing he fascinates his employer’s daughter Marie, who forces from him a promise to marry her. When Bunker learns that after all he is not the king’s reincarnation, he is so discouraged that he tells Marie he cannot marry her. His friend Bud Matthews encourages him, however, and all goes well until a fight starts on the day of the wedding. Bunker wins the fight. And he wins Marie’s father over by making him spend a large sum of money to secure some stock.

Cast

• Matt Moore as Bunker Bean
• Dorothy Devore as Marie Breede
• David Butler as Bud Matthews
• George Nichols as Jim Breede
• Frank Leigh as Professor Balthasar
• Nora Cecil as Countess Casanova
• Henry A. Barrows as Reginald Larabee
• Gertrude Claire as Grandma Breede
• Lucille Ward as Nurse
• Gayne Whitman as Bert Hollins
• Helen Dunbar as Minor Role

Box office

According to Warner Bros. records, the film earned $105,000 domestically and $25,000 in foreign markets. ^[1]

Preservation status

An abridged or incomplete print survives. ^[7]

References

1. Warner Bros financial information in "The William Schaefer Ledger". See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1-31 p 4 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
2. "The Theaters: Garrick". Detroit Times . September 28, 1915. p. 16.
3. Munden, Kenneth White, ed. (1971). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. p. 354. ISBN   9780835204408.
4. The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: His Majesty, Bunker Bean
5. Progressive Silent Film List: His Majesty, Bunker Bean at silentera.com
6. "New Pictures: His Majesty, Bunker Bean", Exhibitors Herald, 23 (3), Chicago, Illinois: Exhibitors Herald Company: 57, October 10, 1925, retrieved October 7, 2022 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
7. The Library of Congress / FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: His Majesty, Bunker Bean

External links

• His Majesty, Bunker Bean at IMDb