major disappoint swashbuckling romantic film with the great ronald colman play 2 part a cousin who go to zenda to attend his cousin coronation only to be involve when the monarch be kidnap . douglas fairbanks play the villain here who hatch the kidnap plot to help the evil half brother and a sinister raymond massey usurp the throne . when michael ( massey ) find henzlau ( fairbanks ) with his beloved mary astor and masse be stab to death by douglas . there be some good romantic scene between the cousin and madeleine carroll . aubrey smith and a a confidant to the king and provide an excellent supporting role . the film itself be quite drab at best . how astor could truly love the sinister michael be beyond belief .