The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
1h 13m
Running Time
July 30, 1940Release Date
The Boys from Syracuse (1940)
1h 13m
Running Time
July 30, 1940Release Date
Plot.
The action takes place in Ephesus in ancient Asia Minor, and the concerns The efforts of two boys from Syracuse, Anthipholus and his servant Dromio, to find their long-lost twins who, for reason of plot confusion, are also named Anthipholus and Dromio. Complications arise when the wife of the Ephesians, Adriana and her servant Luce, mistake the two strangers for their husband, though the couples eventually get sorted out after Adriana's sister Luciana and the Syracuse Antipholus admit their love
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Cast & Crew.
Allan Jones
Antipholus of Ephesus / Antipholus of Syracuse
Alan Mowbray
Angelo
Irene Hervey
Adriana
Martha Raye
Luce
Joe Penner
Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
A. Edward Sutherland
Director
Charles Butterworth
Duke of Ephesus
George Abbott
Writer
Rosemary Lane
Phyllis
Charles Grayson
Writer
Samuel S. Hinds
Angeen
Titus Maccius Plautus
Writer
Tom Dugan
Octavius
William Shakespeare
Writer
Spencer Charters
Turnkey
Doris Lloyd
Woman
Paul Gerard Smith
Writer
Larry J. Blake
Announcer
Eddie Acuff
Taxi Cab Driver
Matt McHugh
Bartender
David Oliver
Messenger
June Wilkins
Secretary
Bess Flowers
Woman
Cyril Ring
Guard
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The Boys from Syracuse is a 1940 American musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland, based on the 1938 stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which in turn was loosely based on the play The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards; one for Best Visual Effects (John P. Fulton, Bernard B. Brown, Joe Lapis) and one for Best Art Direction (Jack Otterson).