"The silent film masterpiece that never was... Until now."
A convent girl is abducted and seduced by a prince before being sent off to a brothel in East Africa.
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The people behind it
Gloria Swanson
Kitty Kelly / Queen Kelly
Walter Byron
Prince Wolfram
Seena Owen
Queen Regina V
Sylvia Ashton
Kelly's Aunt (uncredited)
Wilson Benge
Prince Wolfram's Valet (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey
Prince Wolfram's Lackey (uncredited)
Rae Daggett
Coughdrops (uncredited)
Robert Frazier
Catholic Priest (uncredited)
Florence Gibson
Madge Hunt
Mother Superior (uncredited)
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