The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
September 3, 1937Release Date
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
September 3, 1937Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Ronald Colman
Major Rudolf Rassendyll
Madeleine Carroll
Princess Flavia
C. Aubrey Smith
Colonel Zapt
Raymond Massey
Black Michael
Mary Astor
Antoinette de Mauban
W.S. Van Dyke
Director
Montagu Love
Detchard
David Niven
Fritz von Tarlenheim
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Rupert of Hentzau
Philip Sleeman
Albert von Lauengram
Torben Meyer
Max
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Frau Holf the Cook
Evelyn Beresford
Lady Topham
Ricardo Lord Cezon
Little Boy
Wilhelm von Brincken
Krafstein (uncredited)
Ben Webster
Lord Topham (uncredited)
John Cromwell
Director
Anthony Hope
Writer
Byron Foulger
Johann (uncredited)
John L. Balderston
Writer
Charles K. French
Bishop (uncredited)
Edward E. Rose
Writer
Wells Root
Writer
David O. Selznick
Producer
Jack Cosgrove
Special Effects
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Alfred Newman
Composer
Ben Hecht
Writer
James Wong Howe
Cinematographer
James E. Newcom
Editor
Sidney Howard
Writer
Hugo Friedhofer
Orchestrator
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 3, 1937
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Wiki.
The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on Anthony Hope's 1894 novel of the same name and the 1896 play. A lookalike has to step in when his royal distant relative is kidnapped to prevent his coronation. This version is widely considered the best of the many film adaptations of the novel and play.
The film stars Ronald Colman, Madeleine Carroll and Douglas Fairbanks Jr., with a supporting cast including C. Aubrey Smith, Raymond Massey, Mary Astor and David Niven. It was directed by John Cromwell, produced by David O. Selznick for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. The screenplay was written by John L. Balderston, adapted by Wells Root from the novel, with dramatization by Edward Rose; Donald Ogden Stewart was responsible for additional dialogue and Ben Hecht and Sidney Howard made uncredited contributions.
Alfred Newman received the first of his 43 Academy Award nominations, for Original Music Score, while Lyle R. Wheeler was nominated for Best Art Direction. In 1991, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry.