His Majesty, Bunker Bean

His Majesty, Bunker Bean
Scene from His Majesty Bunker Bean, with Bunker carrying a closed suitcase
Directed by	William Desmond Taylor
Produced by	Jesse L. Lasky
Screenplay by	Julia Crawford Ivers Harry Leon Wilson
Starring	Jack Pickford Louise Huff Jack McDonald Frances Clanton Peggy O'Connell Edythe Chapman
Cinematography	Homer Scott
Production company	Famous Players-Lasky Corporation Oliver Morosco Photoplay Company
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release dates	April 8, 1918 (1918-04-08)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

His Majesty, Bunker Bean is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by William Desmond Taylor and written by Julia Crawford Ivers and Harry Leon Wilson. The film stars Jack Pickford, Louise Huff, Jack McDonald, Frances Clanton, Peggy O'Connell, and Edythe Chapman. The film was released on April 8, 1918, by Paramount Pictures.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

As described in a film magazine,^[4] through a clairvoyant Bunker Bean (Pickford) learns that in his various incarnations he has been Napoleon and Ramtah, an Egyptian king, and these facts spur him to greater things. He falls heir to some money and invests in some stock which yields big returns and in a mummy of Ramtah, his first incarnation. He marries the daughter of his boss and, although at first afraid to face her parents, he summons the personages of his various incarnations to give him the strength to conquer and win them over.

Cast

Jack Pickford as Bunker Bean
Louise Huff as Breede's daughter
Jack McDonald as Jim Breede
Frances Clanton as Mrs. Wife
Peggy O'Connell as Breede's oldest daughter
Edythe Chapman as Older Mrs. Breede
Jack Hoxie as The greatest pitcher
Gustav von Seyffertitz as Professor Balthasar
Edith M. Lessing as Countess Casanova

Preservation status

Currently the picture is lost.^[5]^[6]

Warner Brothers remade the film in 1925 starring Matt Moore. That film survives abridged or incomplete.^[7]^[8]

References

↑ "His-Majesty-Bunker-Bean - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
↑ "His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
↑ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: His Majesty, Bunker Bean
↑ "Reviews: His Majesty, Bunker Bean". Exhibitors Herald. New York City: Exhibitors Herald Company. 6 (17): 26. April 20, 1918.
↑ The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: His Majesty, Bunker Bean
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918) at silentera.com
↑ Progressive Silent Film List: His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1925) at silentera.com
↑ 1925 film LoC database

External links

His Majesty, Bunker Bean at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by William Desmond Taylor

The Smouldering Spark (1914)*short
A Soul Astray (1914)*short
The Song of the Sea Shell (1914)*short
The Criminal Code (1914)uncredited
The Awakening (1914)*short
The Judge's Wife (1914)
When the Road Parts (1914)*short*
A Slice of Life (1914)*short
The Beggar Child (1914)*short
The Last Chapter (1914)
Brass Buttons (1914)*short
An Eye for an Eye (1915)
The High Hand (1915)
The Diamond from the Sky (1915)
Eyes That Cannot See (1915)*short
Tricks of Fate (1915)
The Lonesome Heart (1915)
The Soul of the Vase (1915)*short
Peggy Lynn, Burglar (1915)*short
A Woman Scorned (1915)
He Fell in Love with His Wife (1916)
Ben Blair (1916)
The Heart of Paula (1916)
Pasquale (1916)
The American Beauty (1916)
Davy Crockett (1916)
The Parson of Panamint (1916)
The House of Lies (1916)
Her Father's Son (1916)
Redeeming Love (1916)
Happiness of Three Women (1917)
Out of the Wreck (1917)
The World Apart (1917)
Big Timber (1917)
The Varmint (1917)
North of Fifty-Three (1917)
Jack and Jill (1917)
Tom Sawyer (1917)
The Spirit of '17 (1918)
Huck and Tom (1918)
Up the Road with Sallie (1918)
His Majesty, Bunker Bean (1918)
Mile-a-Minute Kendall (1918)
How Could You, Jean? (1918)
Johanna Enlists (1918)
Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919)
Anne of Green Gables (1919)
Huckleberry Finn (1920)
Judy of Rogue's Harbor (1920)
Nurse Marjorie (1920)
Jenny Be Good (1920)
The Soul of Youth (1920)
The Furnace (1920)
The Witching Hour (1921)
Sacred and Profane Love (1921)
Wealth (1921)
Beyond (1921)
Morals (1921)
The Green Temptation (1922)
The Top of New York (1922)

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