The Colonel and the King

Upon the death of his grandfather, little George IV of Saxony ascend the throne at the age of seven. His reign, however, is a short one, as a usurper, backed by a number of native soldiers, attacks the palace, imprisons the boy king and seizes the reins of government. King George is ordered executed in secret, but the man hired to do the vile deed is so touched by the youth and innocence of the little King, that instead of slaying him, he spirits him out of his prison. Fearing that if discovered his life would be forfeited, the bravo places the young King with an emigrant woman who, with others, is about to sail for America. Arriving in New York, King George makes his escape, and hides in the city until his companion has been shipped to a town in the west for which she is ticketed. The following day, the little fellow is found asleep in a doorway by a burly policeman. In spite of his protestations, he too is shipped out west, according to the directions on the immigration ticket that is found on him. Deposited on a lonely railroad station out west, the boy becomes thoroughly frightened, and eagerly accepts the protection of an army colonel, in command of a nearby fort, who meets the child at the station and is greatly taken with his winning ways. George's assertion that he is a king is treated as a joke by the officers and men at the fort, where he is taken by the colonel, who grows fonder of him every day. When, some time later, a delegation arrives from the boy's kingdom, having traced him into the fort, his identity is established. They bring him news that the insurrection has been quelled, and that the throne awaits him. But the little King promptly abdicates, saying he would rather grow up to be an American soldier. The disappointed delegation is forced to return home without him. - IMDb