| Description |
1 videodisc (201 min.) : sound, black and white (1937), color (1952) ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Series |
Literary classics.
|
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono., dual-layer. |
| Language |
Closed-captioned. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
|
Double-sided disc with 1937 film on side A and 1952 film on side B. |
|
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. |
|
For specific features see interactive menu. |
| Performer |
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. |
| Credits |
1937 version: photographer, James Wong Howe; musical score, Alfred Newman. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Contents |
Side A: Prisoner of Zenda (1937 ; 101 min.) -- Side B: Prisoner of Zenda (1952 ; 100 min.). |
| Subject |
Lookalikes -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Kings and rulers -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Swordsmen -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
|
|
Man-woman relationships -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
|
|
DVDs.
|
| Genre |
Feature films.
|
|
Action and adventure films.
|
|
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
|
| Added Author |
Selznick, David O., 1902-1965.
|
|
Balderston, John L. (John Lloyd), 1889-1954.
|
|
Root, Wells.
|
|
Stewart, Donald Ogden, 1894-1980.
|
|
Cromwell, John, 1886-1979.
|
|
Berman, Pandro S., 1905-1996.
|
|
Langley, Noel, 1911-1980.
|
|
Thorpe, Richard, 1896-1991.
|
|
Colman, Ronald, 1891-1958.
|
|
Carroll, Madeleine, 1906-1987.
|
|
Smith, C. Aubrey (Charles Aubrey), 1863-1948.
|
|
Massey, Raymond.
|
|
Astor, Mary, 1906-1987.
|
|
Niven, David, 1910-1983.
|
|
Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000.
|
|
Granger, Stewart, 1913-1993.
|
|
Kerr, Deborah, 1921-2007.
|
|
Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956.
|
|
Greer, Jane, 1924-2001.
|
|
Stone, Lewis, 1879-1953.
|
|
Douglas, Robert, 1909-1999.
|
|
Mason, James, 1909-1984.
|
|
Rose, Edward.
|
|
Hope, Anthony, 1863-1933.
Prisoner of Zenda.
|
|
Turner Entertainment Co.
|
|
Selznick International Pictures.
|
|
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
|
|
Warner Home Video (Firm)
|
| ISBN |
1419843141 |
|
9781419843143 |
| Standard No. |
012569795082 |
| Music No. |
79508 Warner Home Video |
|
More Resources