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- Notes
- ↑ Gevinson 1997 lists Bessie Love as being in this film. However, no contemporaneous sources do, and it is not included in her autobiography's filmography. Her inclusion in the cast list may be an error, and is noted as such by some sources. [8]
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Milne, Peter (July 3, 1926). "'Meet the Prince'—Prod. Dist. Corp. – Joseph Schildkraut in Comedy Drama of Russian Prince's Adventures in America". Moving Picture World. p. 39.
- ↑ Adams, Frank R. (June 1925). "The American Sex". Munsey's Magazine . pp. 30–37.
- 1 2 3 "Meet the Prince". The Film Daily. July 18, 1926. p. 7.
- 1 2 3 "Meet the Prince". Santa Ana Register. Santa Ana, California. October 28, 1926. p. 8.
- 1 2 3 "Quick Reference Picture Chart". Moving Picture World. July 10, 1926. p. 123.
- 1 2 3 Gevinson, Alan, ed. (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911–1960. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
- ↑ "The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Meet the Prince". The Library of Congress.
- ↑ Surowiec, Catherine A. (February 1987). "Bessie Love". Film Dope. No. 36. p. 35.
- ↑ "Metropolitan Constructs Huge Sets for 'Meet the Prince'". Moving Picture World. June 5, 1926. p. 462.
- ↑ Reid, Laurence. "Meet the Prince: Plot Never Gets Started and Action Is Slow". Motion Picture News. p. 152.
