Prisoner of Zenda

The Resource Prisoner of Zenda
Label
Prisoner of Zenda
Statement of responsibility
1937 version: Turner Entertainment Co. ; [presented by] Selznick International ; produced by David O. Selznick ; screenplay by John L. Balderston ; adaptation by Wells Root ; additional dialogue by Donald Ogden Stewart ; directed by John Cromwell. 1952 version: Turner Entertainment Co. ; M-G-M presents a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; screenplay by John L. Balderston and Noel Langley ; adaptation by Wells Root ; directed by Richard Thorpe
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
He has the appearance and manner of the king, yet he's really a lookalike ... and on his shoulders rests all hope of foiling a blackguard's plot to usurp the throne. Adventure, pageantry and royal intrigue are forged at sword point
Member of
Awards note
1937 version was named to the National Film Registry in 1991 by the Library of Congress
Cataloging source
WIQ
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
  • 1937 version: Photographer, James Wong Howe ; musical score, Alfred Newman
  • 1952 version: Director of photography, Joseph Ruttenberg ; editor, George Boemler ; musical score, Alfred Newman, adapted by Conrad Salinger
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
In English , with optional English subtitles (feature films only) ; closed-captioned (feature films only)
PerformerNote
  • 1937 version: Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll, C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor, David Niven, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
  • 1952 version: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern, Jane Greer, Lewis Stone, Robert Douglas, James Mason
Runtime
201
Series statement
Literary classics double feature
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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