From Broadway to a Throne

In From Broadway to a Throne, a down on his luck prizefighter named Jimmie rides a stroke of luck before a major bout when a friend passes along a medal. The tale attached to it claims the trinket once belonged to Magonia’s infant prince who vanished years earlier. On fight night, Jimmie takes a brutal blow and fades from sight. When he returns home, Magonian envoys spot the medal on him and carry him off to the homeland. He protests that he is only a boxer, but the mystique of the metal and the rumors behind it pull him toward a palace bound fate, where intrigue waits.

Released in 1916 as a silent drama directed by William Bowman and Otis Turner, with screenplay by Elliott J. Clawson.

Box office data for this 1916 silent feature is not readily available; there are no reliable worldwide grosses recorded. Thus numbers remain unconfirmed.

Records from the era are sparse, but the film reads as a blend of street level grit and royal intrigue. It explores identity and class as a working boxer is drawn into a throne bound fate and the politics of a distant kingdom.

Cultural impact is minimal; the film has not left a lasting mark in later cinema. It represents a type of cross genre storytelling common in its era, pairing street fighting with royal fantasy, yet it remains a niche curiosity.