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The Prince and the Pauper

- Mark Twain's Immortal Classic !

Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meets the prince. They change clothes with one another before the guards discover them and throw out the prince thinking he's the urchin. No one believes them when they try to tell the truth about which is which. Soon after, the old king dies and the prince will inherit the throne.

Release Date : 1937-04-30

Language :EnglishRussianSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : First National PicturesWarner Bros. Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Miles Hendon

Original Name : Errol Flynn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Earl of Hertford

Original Name : Claude Rains

Gender : Male

Character Name : Duke of Norfolk

Original Name : Henry Stephenson

Gender : Male

Character Name : John Canty

Original Name : Barton MacLane

Gender : Male

Character Name : Tom Canty

Original Name : Billy Mauch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prince Edward

Original Name : Robert J. Mauch

Gender : Male

Character Name : Captain of the Guard

Original Name : Alan Hale

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Lord

Original Name : Eric Portman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Lord

Original Name : Lionel Pape

Gender : Male

Character Name : Third Lord

Original Name : Leonard Willey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hugo

Original Name : Murray Kinnell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Archbishop

Original Name : Halliwell Hobbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Barmaid

Original Name : Phyllis Barry

Gender : Female

Character Name : Clemens

Original Name : Ivan F. Simpson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Henry VIII

Original Name : Montagu Love

Gender : Male

Character Name : Father Andrew

Original Name : Fritz Leiber

Gender : Male

Character Name : Grandmother Canty

Original Name : Elspeth Dudgeon

Gender : Female

Character Name : Mrs. Canty

Original Name : Mary Field

Gender : Female

Character Name : Meaty Man

Original Name : Forrester Harvey

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Jane Seymour

Original Name : Joan Valerie

Gender : Female

Character Name : St. John

Original Name : Lester Matthews

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Guard

Original Name : Robert Adair

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Guard

Original Name : Harry Cording

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Warwick

Original Name : Robert Warwick

Gender : Male

Character Name : Rich Man

Original Name : Rex Evans

Gender : Male

Character Name : First Doctor

Original Name : Holmes Herbert

Gender : Male

Character Name : Second Doctor

Original Name : Ian Maclaren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Jane Grey

Original Name : Anne Howard

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lady Elizabeth

Original Name : Gwendolyn Jones

Gender : Female

Character Name : Ruffler

Original Name : Lionel Braham

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Watch

Original Name : Harry Beresford

Gender : Male

Character Name : Innkeeper

Original Name : Lionel Belmore

Gender : Male

Character Name : Proprietor

Original Name : Ian Wolfe

Gender : Male

Character Name : Choir (as St. Luke's Choristers)

Original Name : William Ripley Dorr

Gender : Male

Character Name : Beggar

Original Name : John George

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cockney

Original Name : Eric Snowden

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2024-07-18

So Henry VIII finally has his beloved son - the Prince Edward whom he protects at all costs. All the walls and guards, though, don't stop the wandering urchin "Tom Canty" from getting into his apartment. The two boys chat and decide it might be a bit of fun to swap clothes as the King is throwing a fancy dress party that night. Their roles now reversed, the wrong boy now comes a cropper at the hands of his own guards and is turfed out leaving "Tom" to fill some rather luxurious britches. Despite his protestations that he's not the Prince, he isn't believed - not even by his own ailing father (Montagu Love) - a fact that the scheming Hertford (Claude Rains) plays to his full advantage when the king dies and he gets himself appointed the Lord Protector. If "Tom" thinks he's having it bad, just wait and see what the real Prince is having to deal with. Clad in rags and proclaiming his true status, everyone just thinks he's a bit bonkers. About to get a sound beating, he is saved by soldier of fortune "Miles Hendon" (Errol Flynn) who takes the boy under his wing. Initially, he's no more convinced about the tales of royalty either, but gradually he begins to believe and together they have to find a way to stop the coronation before the wrong boy is crowned and Hertford lops of the head of the Duke of Norfolk (Henry Stephenson) and rules the roost. Now, the pair have quite a few adventures and along the way the boy realises some of the iniquities of his kingdom, vowing that he will be a better king if he ever gets the chance. Will he? Flynn is on good form here but it's really the two Mauch twins - Robert is the Prince and Billy is the pauper, who steal the show. They look like they are having good fun playing their way through parts that were probably every boy's dream. Eric Portman and Alan Hale pop up now and again too and there's precisely no romance at all to clutter up the swash, buckle, duplicity and entertainment. It's one of Mark Twain's better stores, I think, and this is the best version made for the silver screen.