The Oyster Princess
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The Oyster Princess

(1919)Directed by Ernst Lubitsch58 minComedy

Ossi (Ossi Oswalda), the spoiled daughter of the American oyster-king Mister Quaker (Victor Janson), wants a husband, and her father sets out to buy her one. A matchmaker and a penniless prince enter the deal, and the misunderstandings start almost at once. Ernst Lubitsch shot it in Berlin's Tempelhof Studios, building the whole story out of Kurt Richter's overstuffed sets and a foxtrot sequence that has to be seen.

Victor Jansonas Mister Quaker, oyster-king of America
Ossi Oswaldaas Ossi, his daughter
Harry Liedtkeas Prince Nucki
Julius Falkensteinas Josef, a friend of Nucki
MKMax Kronertas Seligsohn the Matchmaker
Curt Boisas Conductor (as Kurt Bois)
Hans Junkermannas (uncredited)
Albert Pauligas (uncredited)