Her Five-Foot Highness (1920)
Drama | 19 April 1920
Director:
Harry L. FranklinWriters:
Hal Hoadley, Tarkington BakerProduction Company:
Universal Film Mfg Co.The working title for this film was The Daring Duchess. According to a 20 December 1919 Moving Picture World brief, Christy Cabanne (a.k.a. William Christy Cabanne) was initially attached to direct. By mid-February 1920, Harry L. Franklin was on board to direct, as stated in the 14 February 1920 Motion Picture News, which noted that Universal Film Mfg. Co. planned to release the film on 19 April 1920. Production was likely underway at that time, as indicated by a 4 March 1920 Wid’s Daily, which announced that filming had recently ended. According to an article about Edith Roberts in the July 1920 Picture-Play Magazine, the actress declined a double for a runaway horse scene in which she did her own horseback riding.
A review in the 10 April 1920 Motion Picture News commented, “Some wonderful scenic backgrounds have been secured and there are two or three good camera tricks in dissolves which register as new with us.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included the picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021. ...
The working title for this film was The Daring Duchess. According to a 20 December 1919 Moving Picture World brief, Christy Cabanne (a.k.a. William Christy Cabanne) was initially attached to direct. By mid-February 1920, Harry L. Franklin was on board to direct, as stated in the 14 February 1920 Motion Picture News, which noted that Universal Film Mfg. Co. planned to release the film on 19 April 1920. Production was likely underway at that time, as indicated by a 4 March 1920 Wid’s Daily, which announced that filming had recently ended. According to an article about Edith Roberts in the July 1920 Picture-Play Magazine, the actress declined a double for a runaway horse scene in which she did her own horseback riding.
A review in the 10 April 1920 Motion Picture News commented, “Some wonderful scenic backgrounds have been secured and there are two or three good camera tricks in dissolves which register as new with us.”
The National Film Preservation Board (NFPB) included the picture on its list of Lost U.S. Silent Feature Films as of February 2021.
The Daring Duchess
When Texas ranch owner Ellen inherits the estate of her long-lost uncle, the Duke of Wilshire, her unscrupulous attorney, Wesley Saunders, who has been plotting to seize control of her ranch, decides to capitalize on the opportunity. Confiscating Ellen's identification papers, Saunders journeys to England, accompanied by a chorus girl who is impersonating Ellen. When Ellen appears at the estate, her British relatives are appalled by her rough-and-tumble manners, and with the subsequent arrival of Saunders and his protégé, Ellen is treated as an impostor. Now stranded, Ellen is forced to sell Saunders an option on her ranch in return for a ticket back to Texas. Lady Harriet and Sir Gerald, two of her English relatives, discover Saunders' treachery and follow Ellen back West. Thus, Ellen is finally accorded her ranch and her British estate, and she happily marries her foreman, Slim ...
When Texas ranch owner Ellen inherits the estate of her long-lost uncle, the Duke of Wilshire, her unscrupulous attorney, Wesley Saunders, who has been plotting to seize control of her ranch, decides to capitalize on the opportunity. Confiscating Ellen's identification papers, Saunders journeys to England, accompanied by a chorus girl who is impersonating Ellen. When Ellen appears at the estate, her British relatives are appalled by her rough-and-tumble manners, and with the subsequent arrival of Saunders and his protégé, Ellen is treated as an impostor. Now stranded, Ellen is forced to sell Saunders an option on her ranch in return for a ticket back to Texas. Lady Harriet and Sir Gerald, two of her English relatives, discover Saunders' treachery and follow Ellen back West. Thus, Ellen is finally accorded her ranch and her British estate, and she happily marries her foreman, Slim Higgins.
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