The Princess of Happy Chance

The Princess of Happy Chance is a 1917 British silent romance film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Elisabeth Risdon, Gerald Ames and Hayford Hobbs.^[1] The screenplay concerns a Princess who tries to avoid an upcoming marriage. It was based on the 1915 novel by Tom Gallon.

Premise

To avoid an upcoming marriage she is unhappy with a Princess swaps places with a woman who looks identical to her.

Cast

Elisabeth Risdon as Princess Felicia / Lucidora Eden
Gerald Ames as Harvey Royle
Hayford Hobbs as Michael Berland
Dallas Cairns as Prince Jocelyn
Douglas Munro as Josiah Buckworthy
Gwynne Herbert
Edna Maude
Cyril Percival
Janet Ross
Beatrix Templeton

References

^ "The Princess of Happy Chance". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2014.

External links

The Princess of Happy Chance at IMDb

Films directed by Maurice Elvey

Silent films

Maria Marten (1913)
The Suicide Club (1914)
The Loss of the Birkenhead (1914)
Her Luck in London (1914)
The Idol of Paris (1914)
There's Good in Everyone (1915)
Honeymoon for Three (1915)
Gilbert Gets Tiger-It is (1915)
Midshipman Easy (1915)
Gilbert Dying to Die (1915)
Florence Nightingale (1915)
From Shopgirl to Duchess (1915)
Her Nameless Child (1915)
Home (1915)
Love in a Wood (1915)
Fine Feathers (1915)
Charity Ann (1915)
A Will of Her Own (1915)
Meg the Lady (1916)
Esther (1916)
Driven (1916)
Vice Versa (1916)
Money for Nothing (1916)
When Knights Were Bold (1916)
Trouble for Nothing (1916)
The Princess of Happy Chance (1916)
The King's Daughter (1916)
Mother Love (1916)
Smith (1917)
The Grit of a Jew (1917)
The Woman Who Was Nothing (1917)
Justice (1917)
The Gay Lord Quex (1917)
Flames (1917)
Mary Girl (1917)
Hindle Wakes (1918)
The Greatest Wish in the World (1918)
Goodbye (1918)
Adam Bede (1918)
The Life Story of David Lloyd George (1918)
Nelson (1918)
Comradeship (1919)
Quinneys (1919)
Keeper of the Door (1919)
Dombey and Son (1919)
The Rocks of Valpre (1919)
God's Good Man (1919)
Mr. Wu (1919)
The Swindler (1919)
The Elusive Pimpernel (1919)
Bleak House (1920)
The Amateur Gentleman (1920)
At the Villa Rose (1920)
The Hundredth Chance (1920)
A Question of Trust (1920)
The Tavern Knight (1920)
The Victory Leaders (1920)
Innocent (1921)
A Gentleman of France (1921)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1921)
The Fruitful Vine (1921)
A Romance of Wastdale (1921)
The Man with the Twisted Lip (1921)
The Passionate Friends (1922)
Running Water (1922)
Dick Turpin's Ride to York (1922)
A Debt of Honour (1922)
The Wandering Jew (1923)
The Sign of Four (1923)
Guy Fawkes (1923)
The Royal Oak (1923)
Sally Bishop (1923)
Don Quixote (1923)
Henry, King of Navarre (1924)
Slaves of Destiny (1924)
The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
My Husband's Wives (1924)
Folly of Vanity (1924)
Curlytop (1924)
She Wolves (1925)
Every Man's Wife (1925)
The Woman Tempted (1926)
The Flag Lieutenant (1926)
Mademoiselle from Armentieres (1926)
Roses of Picardy (1927)
Tragedy of a Marriage (1927)
Hindle Wakes (1927)
The Flight Commander (1927)
Quinneys (1927)
The Glad Eye (1927)
Mademoiselle Parley Voo (1928)
Balaclava (1928)
Palais de danse (1928)
You Know What Sailors Are (1928)
High Treason (1929)

Sound films

The School for Scandal (1930)
Potiphar's Wife (1931)
Sally in Our Alley (1931)
A Honeymoon Adventure (1931)
Frail Women (1932)
In a Monastery Garden (1932)
The Marriage Bond (1932)
The Water Gipsies (1932)
Diamond Cut Diamond (1932)
The Lodger (1932)
The Lost Chord (1933)
I Lived with You (1933)
This Week of Grace (1933)
Soldiers of the King (1933)
Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
Road House (1934)
Lily of Killarney (1934)
The Clairvoyant (1935)
The Tunnel (1935)
Heat Wave (1935)
Spy of Napoleon (1936)
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
A Romance in Flanders (1937)
Who Killed John Savage? (1937)
Melody and Romance (1937)
Change for a Sovereign (1937)
Lightning Conductor (1938)
Who Goes Next? (1938)
The Return of the Frog (1938)
Sword of Honour (1939)
Sons of the Sea (1939)
Under Your Hat (1940)
The Spider (1940)
For Freedom (1940)
Room for Two (1940)
Salute John Citizen (1942)
The Lamp Still Burns (1943)
Medal for the General (1944)
Strawberry Roan (1945)
Beware of Pity (1946)
The Third Visitor (1951)
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
My Wife's Lodger (1952)
The Great Game (1953)
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953)
House of Blackmail (1953)
The Harassed Hero (1954)
What Every Woman Wants (1954)
The Gay Dog (1954)
The Happiness of Three Women (1954)
You Lucky People! (1955)
Room in the House (1955)
Fun at St. Fanny's (1956)
Dry Rot (1956)
Stars in Your Eyes (1956)
Second Fiddle (1957)

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