Hawthorne of the U.S.A. is a 1919 American silent comedy adventure film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Lila Lee.

It had run on Broadway in 1912 with Douglas Fairbanks in the title role.

[1][4][5] As described in a film magazine,[6] Anthony Hawthorne (Reid), an American with modern ideas, stirs fashionable Europe when he breaks the bank at Monte Carlo.

Prince Vladimir (Stevens), a covetous member of the royal family of a small principality, makes an attempt to obtain the fund Hawthorne has on in order to purchase the army of Augustus III (Brower), whom he seeks to depose.

Hawthorne works to foil the plot of the prince and ends up establishing a republican form of government and marrying Irma.