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The Prisoner of Zenda Overview:

The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by John Cromwell and W.S. Van Dyke (uncredited) and produced by David O. Selznick.

The Prisoner of Zenda was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1991.

Academy Awards 1937 --- Ceremony Number 10 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Art DirectionLyle WheelerNominated
Best Music - ScoringSelznick International Pictures Music Department, Alfred Newman, musical director (Score by Alfred Nominated
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Sep 15, 2018 From 4 Star Films

It’s the curse of a childhood watching too many reruns of Get Smart but I can’t seem to get Don Adam’s impersonation of Ronald Colman out of my head while watching The Prisoner of Zenda. There are worse curses to be stricken with though I suppose. This classic adaptation of Anthony... Read full article

O Prisioneiro de Zenda / The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)

By Lê on Jul 13, 2017 From Critica Retro

O Prisioneiro de Zenda / The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) A “visão dupla” é uma das técnicas mais ricas, mais exploradas e mais comentadas na mídia filmada. Até hoje, quando um ator interpreta dois papéis em um só filme ou programa de TV, é gerada uma curiosidade e surgem algu... Read full article

The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1952 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 9, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Movies Silently is hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the definitive film adaptation of Anthony Hope's novel of the same na... Read full article

The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1952 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 9, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Movies Silently is currently hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. This post is our contribution to the event. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the definitive ... Read full article

The Prisoner of Zenda ( 1952 )

By The Metzinger Sisters on Nov 9, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers

Movies Silently is currently hosting the great Swashathon celebrating sword-wielding heroes and the films that featured them dating from the 1920s through the 1960s. This post is our contribution to the event. The 1937 Ronald Colman classic The Prisoner of Zenda is often considered the definitive ... Read full article

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The Prisoner of Zenda Quotes:

Black Michael: There may come a time, Hentzau, when your services no longer excuse your impertinance.
Captain Fritz von Tarlenheim: Fate doesn't always make the right men kings.
Rupert of Hentzau: Someone once called fidelity a fading woman's greatest defense and a charming woman's greatest hypocrisy. And you're very charming. And Michael's very busy and likely to be more so.
Princess Flavia: In my heart there is no King, no crown - only you!
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The Prisoner of Zenda Facts
Director John Cromwell was not happy with his cast. In memos to David O. Selznick he said that Fairbanks and Niven were "overindulged and lazy." Colman "never knows his lines. I don't know which one of them annoys me most. Also, both Colman and Carroll insist they have a 'bad side' to be avoided by the camera, but it's the same 'bad side.' Shooting them face-to-face is all but impossible."
The Persian word for "prison" is "zendân".
In 'Salad Days', his first autobiography, 'Douglas Fairbanks Jr' said that when Raymond Massey told Sir C. Aubrey Smith, who played Col. Zapt, that he didn't understand his own part of Black Michael, Smith said 'Ray, in my time I've played every part in Zenda except Princess Flavia, and I've never understood Black Michael either'.
The original New York production of The Prisoner of Zenda opened at the Lyceum Theater on September 4, 1895.
"Academy Award Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on July 17, 1946 with Douglas Fairbanks Jr. reprising his film role.
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