The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper is a 1937 film adaptation of the 1881 novel of the same name by Mark Twain. It starred Errol Flynn, twins Billy and Bobby Mauch in the title roles, and Claude Rains and has been described as "a kids' fantasy."
Plot
In Tudor England, two boys are born on the same day in the most different circumstances imaginable. Tom Canty (Billy Mauch) is the son of vicious criminal John Canty (Barton MacLane), while Edward Tudor (Bobby Mauch) is the Prince of Wales and the son of King Henry VIII of England (Montagu Love). One grows up in poverty, hungering for something better, taught to read and reason by the wise Father Andrew. The other dwells in isolated luxury, and possesses a strong curiosity about the outside world.
Cast
- Alan Hale
- Anne Howard
- Barton MacLane
- Billy Mauch
- Bobby Mauch
- Carrie Daumery
- Charles Pearce Coleman
- Claude Rains
- Eric Portman
- Errol Flynn
- Forrester Harvey
- Fritz Leiber
- Gwendolyn Jones
- Halliwell Hobbes
- Harry Beresford
- Harry Cording
- Henry Stephenson
- Holmes Herbert
- Ian Maclaren
- Ian Wolfe
- Ivan Simpson
- Jimmy Aubrey
- Joan Valerie
- John George
- Leo White
- Leonard Willey
- Lester Matthews
- Lionel Belmore
- Lionel Braham
- Lionel Pape
- Mary Field
- Montagu Love
- Phyllis Barry
- Robert Adair
- Robert Warwick
- Tom Ricketts
- Tom Wilson
More details
author | Laird Doyle |
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contentLocation | London |
director | William Dieterle William Keighley |
editor | Ralph Dawson |
genre | adventure fantasy |
keywords | billy and bobby mauch edward tudor henry viii henry viii of england isolated king edward vi mentally ill prince of wales search strike the king tom canty tudor england |
musicBy | Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
producer | Hal B. Wallis Jack L. Warner |
productionCompany | First National Pictures Vitaphone |
publisher | Warner Bros. |
theme | swashbuckler |