A royal woman rejects her arranged marriage. The cardinal hatches a plan: the suitor will shave and change clothes. He arranges with 4 clowns to stage an attack on the princess which he easily repels. It works; the princess falls for him, especially when the cardinal arranges his arrest.
Directed by D.W. Griffith
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TrailerThe Cardinal's Conspiracy (1909)
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Frank Powell
A Visiting Nobleman
Florence Lawrence
The Princess
Mary Pickford
A Disguised Servant
Charles Avery
A Member of the Court
Kate Bruce
John R. Cumpson
Comic Cutthroat/A Member of the Court
Arthur V. Johnson
Comic Cutthroat
Owen Moore
A Member of the Court
Barry O'Moore
The King
Mack Sennett
Comic Cutthroat
James Kirkwood
The Cardinal
Linda Arvidson
Edwin August
Thomas H. Ince
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