The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
September 3, 1937Release Date
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
September 3, 1937Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Ronald Colman
Major Rudolf Rassendyll / The Prisoner of Zenda
Madeleine Carroll
Princess Flavia
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Rupert of Hentzau
Mary Astor
Antoinette de Mauban
C. Aubrey Smith
Colonel Zapt
David Niven
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim
Raymond Massey
Black Michael
Montagu Love
Detchard
Philip Sleeman
Albert von Lauengram
Eleanor Wesselhoeft
Frau Holf the Cook
Torben Meyer
Max the Butler
Evelyn Beresford
Lady Topham
Ricardo Lord Cezon
Little Boy
Wilhelm von Brincken
Krafstein (uncredited)
Ben Webster
Lord Topham (uncredited)
Byron Foulger
Johann (uncredited)
Charles K. French
Bishop (uncredited)
David O. Selznick
Producer
John L. Balderston
Screenplay
Wells Root
Adaptation
Donald Ogden Stewart
Additional Dialogue / Dialogue
Edward E. Rose
Writer
John Cromwell
Director
Anthony Hope
Novel
Bert Glennon
Director of Photography
James Wong Howe
Director of Photography
James E. Newcom
Editor
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Ernest Dryden
Costume Design
Fred Spencer
Assistant Director
Fred Cavens
Stunts
Jack Cosgrove
Special Effects
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 3, 1937
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 41m
Content RatingNR
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The Prisoner of Zenda is a 1937 American black-and-white adventure film based on Anthony Hope's 1894 novel 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.