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 von Eph/Sy
Martha Raye
Luce
Alan Mowbray
Angelo
Irene Hervey
Adriana
Joe Penner
Dromio of Ephesus / Dromio of Syracuse
Charles Butterworth
Duke of Ephesus
Rosemary Lane
Phyllis
Samuel S. Hinds
Angeen
Tom Dugan
Octavius
Spencer Charters
Turnkey
Doris Lloyd
Woman
Thomas J. Dugan
Octavius
Larry J. Blake
Announcer
Eddie Acuff
Taxi Cab Driver
Matt McHugh
Bartender
David Oliver
Messenger
Charles Grayson
Writer
June Wilkins
Secretary
Bess Flowers
Woman
Paul Gerard Smith
Writer
Leonard Spigelgass
Writer
Cyril Ring
Guard
Julie Carter
Girl
Jules Levey
Producer
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
musical
based on play or musical
twins
mistaken identity
ancient greece
long lost relative
Wiki.
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).
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