Find the King

Find the King

1927 · 22 min · ★ 8.0 · Comedy

In this two-reel comedy, Edward Everett Horton is the pampered scion of a family, raised by a couple of prissy aunts. He does card tricks. Through various machinations, he winds up running a saloon out west, where he charms one of the two tough guys in town by taking away his tie and fixing a bow tie to him; the other, Jack Curtis, he bests at poker "for keeps!" and wins the heart of local good girl Violet Bird.

Directed by J.A. Howe · Written by James D. Davis

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Edward Everett Horton Edward Fairchild
Violet Bird The Girl
Jack Raymond Ambrose
Richard Neill Dandy Dick
Jack Curtis Dynamite Dawson

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