Prisoner of Zenda

DVD 2007

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.

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Kings and rulers Drama

Lookalikes Drama

Man-woman relationships Drama

Swordsmen Drama

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ISBN:

9781419843143

Description:

1 videodisc (201 min.) : sound, black and white (1937), color (1952) ; 4 3/4 in
digital optical
videodisc
DVD
video file DVD video

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Notes:

Based on the novel [and Edward Rose's dramatization] by Anthony Hope
Originally released as motion pictures in 1937 and 1952
Special features: Side A: "Pete Smith specialty" short "Penny Wisdom;" cartoon "The Wayward Pups;" audio-only bonus radio adaptation with Ronald Colman ; Side B: "FitzPatrick Traveltalk" short "Land of the Taj Mahal;" Oscar-winning cartoon "Johann Mouse;" 1952 theatrical trailer
1937 version: photographer, James Wong Howe; musical score, Alfred Newman
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
DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital monophonic, dual-layer
Closed-captioned

Contents:

Side A: Prisoner of Zenda (1937 ; 101 min.)
Side B: Prisoner of Zenda (1952 ; 100 minutes)

LCCN:

84915097

Control Number:

3046588

UPC:

012569795082

Other Authors:

Astor, Mary, 1906-1987
Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954
Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996
Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956
Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987
Colman, Ronald, 1891-1958
Cromwell, John, 1886-1979
Douglas, Robert, 1909-1999
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000
Granger, Stewart, 1913-1993
Greer, Jane, 1924-2001
Hope, Anthony, 1863-1933. Prisoner of Zenda
Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007
Langley, Noel, 1911-1980
Mason, James, 1909-1984
Massey, Raymond
Niven, David, 1910-1983
Root, Wells
Rose, Edward
Selznick, David O., 1902-1965
Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980
Stone, Lewis, 1879-1953
Thorpe, Richard, 1896-1991

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